Influência da atividade garimpeira na dinâmica urbana das cidades amazônicas: o caso de Itaituba/PA

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the influence of mining activity on the formation of urban space of the city of Itaituba/PA, which has a strategic location on the wealthy Tapajós Gold Province. It is considered that the mining activity in this region is specific and structured differently than traditional extraction (latex) from installation manual mines to the insertion of large machines, which currently occurs in the mines. Part of the hypothesis is that the oscillations of this activity intertwined with government interventionist actions dictated the pace of urban dynamics Itaituba. It begins with a comprehensive analysis of the process of urbanization of the Amazon, involving the exploitation of natural resources, particularly minerals and exploitation of gold. Then we develop a periodization of gold mining in the Tapajos Gold Province, from the 60s, establishing the main periods and sub-periods that influenced in some way in the urban dynamics of the city. Then we developed an overview of spatial and urban consequent repercussions mining activity in Itaituba. The research also considered the urban processes that are focusing on the city from the perspective of implementation of large energy and logistics (port) projects in the region.