REVISTA GEONORTE

MARIE OCTAVIE COUDREAU AND THE EXPLORATION OF THE CANUMÃ RIVER

2024-07-31T15:54:13+00:00

Predominantly male, travel accounts from the 19th century and early 20th century have gained prominence in investigations into the formulation and circulation of geographical knowledge. Within the framework of geographical ideologies, this article focuses on the perspectives concerning the non-hegemonic voices in such travel narratives. By focusing on travels to the Brazilian Amazon, a target of imperial interests involving science, politics, and territorial disputes, the exploration of the Frenchwoman Marie Octavie Coudreau (1867-1938) along the Canumã River in Southern Amazonia between 1905 and 1906 is investigated. Funded by the government of Amazonas, Coudreau mapped and described the geographical, economic, and ethnographic characteristics of the region, utilizing photography in constructing the imaginary of the Amazon. As a European traveler, whose formulations were marked by ethnocentric, racist, and determinist views, she worked for the political elites of Amazonas during the height of the rubber economy, contributing to a ‘civilizing’ project of the state government, which sought possible routes for economic outflow and territorial appropriation. Unintentionally, her work revealed the impact of the rubber economy, documenting the presence of indigenous and traditional peoples, migration dynamics, and conflicts arising from contact with non-natives. The investigation into Coudreau's journey and other non-hegemonic explorers ultimately contributes to a research agenda aiming for new perspectives on the study of women travelers, their scientific contributions, and the critical analysis of colonialism and imperialism.

CARTOGRAPHY, SPACE, TIME AND TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS IN THE FRONTIER:

2024-08-08T23:13:50+00:00

This research aimed to analyze the production of border space based on hegemonic economic activities existing in two medium-sized municipalities in the state of Pará, one of which is consolidated (Marabá) and the other in the process of consolidation (Altamira). The methodological procedures were a bibliographical review to construct the Geohistory of Amazonian activities and the development of a cartography to monitor the evolution of territorial dynamics, based on municipal clippings made available by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and, associated with la to the development of economic activities in these two research areas. The most drastic changes in the reduction of the territory of the municipalities studied and in other municipal areas occurred with the decline of the extractive economy of non-timber forest products and the construction of highways. Afterwards, logging and agricultural activities intensified. In this context, new municipalities were created along the road axes.

SISTEMA DE INFORMAÇÃO GEOGRÁFICA (SIG) APLICADO AO ESTUDO DA COVID-19 NO MUNICÍPIO DE TERESINA, PIAUÍ

2024-05-07T19:00:22+00:00

A pandemia da COVID-19, considerada como desastre biológico, segundo órgãos internacionais de classificação de desastres, provocou milhares de mortes em todo o mundo e passou a ser objeto de investigação da comunidade científica por se tratar de uma doença desconhecida com alto poder de letalidade e transmissibilidade. Desse modo, objetiva-se com esse estudo, analisar a vulnerabilidade à ocorrência da covid-19 nos bairros de Teresina, capital do estado do Piauí, considerando os índices de contaminados e óbitos. Para tanto, foi realizada uma análise espacial e multivariada, correlacionando variáveis como presença de estabelecimentos de saúde, rendimento mensal, quantidade de idosos e população residente. Concluiu-se ao final da pesquisa que os bairros teresinenses que apresentam vulnerabilidade muito alta à doença apresentam condições favoráveis à transmissão da doença e pertinência dos óbitos. São eles: Santo Antônio, Angelim, Mocambinho. Distrito Industrial e Itararé. São bairros populosos, com grande quantidade de idosos, apresentam baixo rendimento médio mensal e contam com deficiência quanto à oferta de estabelecimentos de saúde. Estudos dessa natureza são importantes para o auxílio na tomada de decisões e subsidiam ações institucionais que visam a mitigação dos problemas gerados, conferindo importância aos aspectos sociais e aqueles relativos a saúde e economia.

O PROCESSO DE MARGINALIZAÇÃO ESPACIAL EM CACAU PIRÊRA (IRANDUBA-AM)

2024-06-28T21:15:19+00:00

Este texto analisa o processo de marginalização espacial no distrito de Cacau Pirêra, no município de Iranduba, como desdobramento da metropolização do espaço na Região Metropolitana de Manaus. Para isso, partiu-se de uma abordagem que aliou as análises diacrônica e sincrônica para interpretar o espaço; realizou-se levantamento bibliográfico e trabalho de campo, utilizando material cartográfico e fotográfico, para ilustrar o contexto atual de Cacau Pirêra em relação à metrópole. Constatou-se que a construção da Ponte Jornalista Phelippe Daou, que conecta Manaus a Iranduba, desencadeou transformações socioespaciais significativas na região, mas de forma desigual. O distrito de Cacau Pirêra, que antes sediava um porto movimentado, perdeu sua centralidade e valorização, deixando de ser o principal meio de interlocução com a metrópole. No núcleo urbano de Cacau Pirêra, foram identificados elementos de precariedade, pobreza e abandono na paisagem, contrastando com a dinâmica de urbanização e valorização imobiliária em outras áreas do município de Iranduba.

THE SACRED OF AND IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE

2024-05-07T20:56:25+00:00

The present article is set on the eve of the release of the latest census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and of findings based on previews of these data, such as the observation that in Brazil there are more religious establishments than educational and health establishments combined. Thus, this research is an investigation into the spatialization of evangelical churches and their consequent imprint on the urban landscape in Manaus. The current approach to the phenomenon aims to understand the increase in the number of evangelical churches in Manaus based on their spatial distribution pattern or profile, and since this is a study involving the spatialization of churches, sacred spaces, and lived faith experiences, we do not assume here that mere statistical data analysis is the methodological core of the research. We regard this research as phenomenological and hermeneutic and, therefore, follow principles such as reduction, description, and representation, involving various procedures such as desk and field research with subjects. Thus, we have noted not only the numerical superiority of Pentecostal evangelicals compared to missionary ones (Presbyterians) in Manaus but also their hierophanic profile marked by charismatic continuity, which leads them to centralize spatial occupation as part of a symbolic and lived dimension. Finally, the sacred in and of the urban landscape emerges as a fundamental form of geographicity, that is, the geographic being of many Manauaras and of the urban landscape itself.

Piassava Value Chain: Social Technologies of the Werekena People in the Xié River – Amazonas/Brazil

2024-06-10T13:28:11+00:00

This article presents the results of research conducted on the management of piassava palm by the Werekena people in the Xié River/Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Land, aiming to discuss a proposal for restructuring the piassava value chain. The institutionalization of indigenous participation in the piassava value chain is an alternative that has been discussed by the Werekena as a tool for empowerment and the generation of fairer relationships in the commercialization of this fiber and its products. The outcome of this activity served as a basis for the proposed restructuring of the value chain, considering the aspirations and possibilities of action envisioned by the indigenous people of the region, and recommending actions to support this transition process based on information on indigenous economic values, research data, the wisdom of piassava gatherers and artisans, experiences from other sustainability projects in the region, and the potential for local coordination with public authorities.

Space production and waterfront management as urban common resources in Belém, Pará

2024-06-10T13:24:33+00:00

The paper analyzes the process of space production and how it has influence on urban management and on access to the city’s waterfronts as commons resources. The paper uses as case study the city of Belém, Pará state, the biggest city in terms of population in the Brazilian north region. This research question was: to what extent the space production at the waterfront has influence on urban management and on access to the common resource? The study used the historiography as research method. The paper shows that the current urban-environmental problems faced by the city of Belém derive from the process of formation of the city and its waterfronts. Among other factors, inadequate theoretical and political conceptions of planning and for common urban resources management has contributed to increasing of private appropriation of public spaces that in its turn should be directed for collective use. This has hampered the community to have free access, ownership, usufruct and common resource management.

Invisible amazon: an analysis of the scientific literature on gastronomic tourism

2024-05-07T19:39:23+00:00

The aim of this research is to understand how culinary tourism (CT) is addressed in national and international literature. CT is understood as tourism in which gastronomy contributes to the attractiveness of the destination, being an important component of the experience. The methodology used was qualitative, through bibliographic research, consulting the Scopus and CAPES Journals databases. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria adopted - journals with evaluations from A1 to A4 of Qualis CAPES - 40 articles were selected, 23 from the Scopus Database and 17 from the CAPES Journals Database, present in 30 journals, nine of which are Brazilian. Among the journals, only nine contain more than one article. The results demonstrate that in the 21st century, CT has gradually gained relevance, particularly from 2017 onwards, with an increasing number of articles addressing food as a fundamental element of attraction and tourist experience. The selected publications covered 16 regions, with Spain standing out. Qualitative studies stand out in the methodological procedures. There was an absence of specific studies on culinary tourism in the Amazon, indicating a gap in the analyzed production. A deeper study, incorporating grey literature, could reveal other results.

Toponymy, place and culture:

2024-08-08T23:29:23+00:00

This study aimed to analyze the toponymic denominations of rubber plantations established on the banks of the Macauã River, in the municipality of Sena Madureira (Acre), aiming to understand the underlying reasons for the choices of names and the trends in the naming of these locations. Methodologically, the toponyms sourced from secondary materials, mapped during fieldwork, and subsequently analyzed in the office using the theoretical-methodological framework of extensive toponymy. This framework considers their motivational aspects, morphological structure, and language of origin, thereby characterizing the case study. As a result, it was found that there was a predominance of nominations of physical nature, associated with the rivers of the region (hydronyms), followed by names related to religiosity (hieronyms) and others constituted by phrases or linguistic statements (dirrematonyms). Through this, a cultural legacy so deeply rooted consolidated that, even with the replacement of rubber plantations by farms, the names of the places remained unchanged, resulting the continuity and resilience of identity in the face of socioeconomic transformations.

Historic evolucion of ucayali river dynamics (Peru)

2024-02-16T20:54:22+00:00

The rivers of the Upper Amazon generate lateral displacements along their course forming complex floodplains. These plains are of fundamental importance for the Amazonian population concentrated along the riverbanks because they are the main means of transportation in this area. The plains are exploited by the Amazonian population for different uses (housing, livestock, agriculture). In this paper we present the study of the recent fluvial dynamics of the Ucayali River, one of the most meandering rivers in the world. The floodplain of the Ucayali River was selected because of its historical and current interest in the Peruvian Amazon region. The results obtained in this work show that the Ucayali River maintains a very active current lateral dynamics (145 m/year on average), presenting very important migration rates with respect to other large tropical rivers. These fluvial dynamics strongly affect the populations and their ways of life both in the present and in the past.

DESASTRES COSTEIROS EM SANTA CATARINA/SUL DO BRASIL

2023-09-10T15:41:46+00:00

Extreme weather events in recent decades have significantly affected the coast of Santa Catarina. Recurrent disasters have challenged governments and society in terms of preparedness and response capacity. Based on official data from the Integrated Disaster Information System of the National Secretariat for Civil Protection and Defense (S2ID SEDEC), the present work systematized and analyzed the records of disasters in the Santa Catarina coastal municipalities, and damages and losses caused by them. Between 1978 and 2022, 136 disasters were officially recorded in 28 coastal municipalities, affecting 209,272 people. The sum of losses totaled R$ 305.90 million in economic losses, in updated values, R$ 1,093.81 million. The municipalities of the North and Center-North Regions recorded higher damages and losses, followed by the Central Region, with Florianópolis, registering the highest amount of economic losses. The eight municipalities in the South Region, affected by Hurricane Catarina, suffered significant impacts, compromising the region's economy, with difficult recovery. Given the exposure and vulnerability of municipalities, the results of this work aim to contribute to raising awareness about disasters in the coastal zone, with a view to effective preventive measures and the necessary adaptation.

INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP OF INTENSIVE RAINFALL FOR VILHENA, RONDÔNIA STATE, BRAZIL

2023-11-03T01:46:49+00:00

Quantifying extreme rainfall, as well as knowing how it is distributed temporally and spatially, is extremely important in the design of hydraulic projects, especially those intended for irrigation, water availability for domestic and industrial supply, and construction works for flooding control and soil erosion. In this work, the IDF relations for the municipality of Vilhena-RO are developed using the Gumbel method and the Choi equation. For the quantification of rainfall, data from 13 consecutive hydrological years from 2008 to 2021 were used. With the daily data, the disaggregation coefficients of CETESB were used. Then, the statistical distribution methodologies of Gumbel and Choi were applied to estimate the maximum rainfall for return times from 1 to 100 years, with durations from 5 to 1440 min and stipulating their due maximum intensities. The IDF equations obtained are explicit by: i = 942.1863Tr^0.1928(t + 10.515)^-0.75118 for the Gumbel method and i = 917.1045Tr^0.1671 (t + 10.515)^-0.75118 for the Choi equation. The two methodologies applied varied around 2.68% and 10.38% for return times between 1 and 25 years, respectively. The adjustments resulted in the following values by the Gumbel method: K = 942.1863, a = 0.1928, b = 10.515, and c = 0.75118. Using the Choi equation, the results obtained were: K = 917.1045, a = 0.1671, b = 10.515, and c = 0.75118. It is possible to highlight that the maximum intensity values will be higher when calculated by the Gumbel method.