Small Cities in the Amazon River Delta: On What Terms?

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Sandra Maria Fonseca da
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Montoia, Gustavo Rodrigo Milaré, Carmo, Monique Bruna Silva do
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa; eng
• Título da fonte: Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/16804
• topic: Pequenas cidades; Delta; Singularidade; Riberurbano; Pequeña ciudad; Delta; Singularidad; Riberurbano; Small town; Delta; Singularities; Ribeirurbano

This article brings a reflective discussion about the singularities of these small cities, based on a comparative study between three cities of the Delta: Afuá and Ponta de Pedras, located in the state of Pará, and Mazagão, in the state of Amapá. Data collected through the application of questionnaires to urban residents and urban area mapping were used, in addition to census data. The results demonstrate that the three cities grew at similar intensities, as a result of unique processes, but their residents have, similarly, precarious access to infrastructure and services. The paper also discusses the invisible aspects of these cities, the solidary happening, the nature of the “ribeirurbano”, a society that maintains relationships in networks, with activities in the informal circuit of the economy, alongside non-urban functions, in the production of a social space that, despite maintaining the riverine ethos, it is an urbanized riverside.