Territorial planning in the Brazilian Amazon has taken on different forms since the second
half of the twentieth century. In this article, territorial planning is treated as an instrument of …

O ensaio apresenta os conceitos de territorialidade e gestão do território, propondo estudos
que aprofundem o conhecimento sobre o processo de transformação territorial …

This work has as objective, to discuss public strategy on formulating great projects to
Western Amazon area, highlighting the projects of hydro power plant complex, and water …

The territorial approach has assumed greater importance in the context of the new
governmental guidelines for rural development, whose operationalization favors the …

The theme chosen for this research addresses geopolitics and the production of urban
spaces questioning the impacts caused by economic investments and their interference in …

The paper analyzes territorial modernization and the importance of the urban phenomenon
for recent changes in the Amazon Region. Using the notions of “forest towns” and “towns in …

Territorial management in the Amazon region of Brazil presents important challenges for the
coming years, considering the unresolved problems of the main government instrument, the …

The image of 21st century Brazilian Amazon has changed significantly from the 19th and
20th century depictions of a vast land of untamed nature (Stepan 2001). Urbanization has …

Abstract The BR-163 (Cuiabá-Santarém) was built in the 1970s in the heart of the Brazilian
Amazon in order to integrate the national territory and occupy an area considered" …

Intense structural changes have occurred in the Amazon region. New actors have a
determinant role: organized civil society, provincial governments and international …