Manaus à beira-rio: a produção e reprodução do espaço urbano

Abstract

The understanding of the river and the city in the Amazon brings the focus of the relationship between man and nature, starting from the analysis of the occupation of the western area of Manaus, surrounded by Rio Negro river, througout the perimeter of the mouth of São Raimundo's igarapé to the mouth of Tarumã river, this work is based upon the Lefebvrean perspective. The study was accomplished in the years of 2003/2004 and it unmasks the forms of urban land occupation, starting from its historical and spacial context and also the importance of the river in the construction of the city. At the end of the research it is noticed that the general population, loses their circulation rights for there to be appropriate areas for hotels, shipyards, private ports and closed condominiums restricted use, besides having access to the river limited to the Ponta Negra beach, as well as Compensa and São Raimundo neighborhoods. The accomplishment of the study matters, as long as the analysis of the urban production in the Amazon, and the reflection concerning the occupation history and the landscape characteristics of the city which is in the middle of the jungle and bordered by two great rivers, are possible. That presupposes the understanding of the society and the nature roles in the construction of the urban space.