MAJOR PROJECTS, TERRITORY MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS IN MARANHÃO STATE

Abstract

The discussion follows Brazilian development along several decades, emphasizing the enlargement and intensification of Amazonian territorial occupation. Turned to market integration at the international scale, these changes also affect the insertion of the state of Maranhao in the national productive scene. One of the ways is the establishment of large production complexes, infrastructure equipment and logistic projects. In Sao Luis, the state capital, this dynamics has reflected on a territorial management with environmental effects affecting local communities. The text, thus, explores the role of large governmental projects in territorial equipment and in the production of environmental effects. In the attempt to understand how changes in the ideological framework reflect upon different public policies, the analysis unfolds through a bibliographical review, while adopting a organization in periods. The first phase is developmental; the second is neoliberal; while the third is called logistical. The discussion shows that, even facing regulation, the dynamics of territorial appropriation by processes supporting capital accumulation keeps triggering negative environmental effects.