Socially-driven risk in a town of the Amazon coastal zone: the case of Vigia de Nazaré, in Pará state, Brazil
Cairo Eduardo Carvalho Barreto,
Marcia Aparecida da Silva Pimentel
Abstract:Vigia de Nazaré is a town located in the northeastern extreme of the Brazilian state of Pará, in the Pará Coastal Zone, a sub-region of the Amazon Coastal Zone. The town sits on the lower levels of the region’s terraces, and on fluviomarine plains. The different stages of its sociospatial evolution reflect the problem analyzed here, in particular, the occupation and urban development of the fluvial-marine plains, which was occupied spontaneously by large numbers of famili… Show more
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