The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s - Couverture souple

Kleinpenning, Jan M. G.

 
9783837675368: The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 383767536X ISBN 13 : 9783837675368
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2025

Synopsis

In the 1970s, the whole Brazilian Amazon was opened up by road construction and the exploitation of its rich resources increased considerably. Jan Kleinpenning traces the history of this development, which began in 1972 with the opening of the first part of the Ruta Transamazônica, as well as its effects on population growth and distribution. He lays a particular focus on the programme of supervised agrarian colonisation meant to help small farmers and landless families from the densely populated and poverty-stricken Northeast of the country. Ron Milder’s contribution to this volume examines the effects on Altamira, one of the small towns along the Ruta.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jan M.G. Kleinpenning, born in 1936, is a professor emeritus of human geography of developing countries at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His research focused on the geography of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Spain.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
383767536X
ISBN 13 
9783837675368
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
240
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