Abstract

MEDEIROS, Claudia  and  HERRERA, Jose. The hidrolectric power plant of Belo Monte and the right to the city in Amazonia: The case of the Independente Lake in Altamira, Pará (Brasil). GOT [online]. 2020, n.19, pp.158-185. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2020.19.007.

The implementation of hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon region is a dynamic socio-spatial process producing socioeconomic and environmental inequalities. The installation and construction of the UHE Belo Monte was determinant for urban requalification in the city of Altamira and the restructuring of its spaces. In view of this context, in the perspective of contributing to urban studies, through bibliographic, documentary analysis and interviews with residents of Lagoa do Independente I, the efforts of this research were directed at reflecting the population increase of the area and its correlation with the industrial plant. The focus is the socio-environmental degradation having as central preoccupation the “right to the city” principle.

Keywords : Socio-spatial dynamics; socioeconomic inequalities; right to the city.

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