Urucurituba Velho uma cidade “expulsa” pelas águas do Rio Amazonas

Abstract

In the historical process of colonization of the Amazon, the rivers played a decisive role in the organization of space, because for a long time they were the only means of communication in this vast region, in such a way that all settlements, which later evolved to the condition of cities, arose on the banks of rivers and lakes, a fact still very present in the reality of the Brazilian Amazon. From 1970 onwards, in addition to changes in the political conjuncture, the dynamic behavior of the hydrological regime of the Amazon River also contributed to the change of Amazonian cities. The research was carried out in the District of Augusto Montenegro, located in the Municipality of Urucurituba, Amazonas, Brazil, being the first municipal seat popularly known as Urucurituba old. It is in this context of interaction between the river and the District of Augusto Montenegro that changes in the dynamics and structure of space were occasioned, even leading to the transfer of the municipal seat. For this reason, this work aims to analyze the factors used to justify the change of the Urucurituba urban seat from floodplain to solid ground. The procedures adopted for the development of this research consist of a bibliographic survey for the understanding of the dynamics of the hydrological regime of the Amazon River and its river dynamics, field research, documentary research, and analysis of data and information obtained during the research. Thus, to understand and explain the factors that caused the change of the headquarters of the municipality of Urucurituba is to make a systematic follow-up of the dynamics of the Amazon River, understanding the occurrence of the social, economic and environmental impacts of the place, taking into consideration the analysis of a set of factors that present themselves in the dynamics of the flood and ebb in the study area. In this perspective, it is necessary to work Geography from a systemic point of view, carrying out a study of the natural phenomenon of floods and falling lands, related to a discussion of the social dimension of these factors.