Brazilian coastline: land valorization and environmental risks

Authors

  • Antonio Carlos Vitte Departamento de Geografia, UNICAMP, Campinas (SP), Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_10_4

Keywords:

Coast, land valorization, urbanization, social exclusion, socioenvironmental risks.

Abstract

Brazilian coast is defined in the Federal Constitution of 1988 as natural heritage. It has 7637 km long, or 8500 if we consider its bays. Its morphogenetic history begins in the Cretacic period, but the diversity and the complexity of the coast line are also associated to the climatic changes of the Quaternary. Socioenvironmental risks in the brazilian coast are associated to the processes of land capitalistic valorization, mainly after 1950 with the construction of industrial plants and actually with the expansion of secondary residences on risk areas, as estuarine and mangrove areas.

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Published

2003-09-13

Issue

No. 10 (2003)

Section

Articles

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