DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-SPATIAL INEQUALITIES AND URBAN VIOLENCE: A LOOK FOR ICOARACI DISTRICT IN BELEM, PA

Abstract

Academic discussions focused on the theme of violence have been growing over the
years in various sciences. The geography in this respect also works the issue whether in
the urban or rural scenery. In Brazil, violence is manifested latently, transforming the
lives of the population, creating situations and feelings of fear and insecurity that have
influences generated by the form of development adopted, rapid urban growth and the
deterioration of living conditions in large cities. In the state of Pará, especially in the
city of Belém, these situations also present, however, with its peculiarities. In this sense,
the article has been produced in order to understand the development of Amazon in
Pará, and its influence in the production process of the urban space of Belém as well as
the Icoaraci District and how such processes can influence the growing urban violence
in the District. For this, it was made a literature review about the concepts. In what was

perceived how the production of urban space at Icoaraci has influences exercised of the
development model in the Amazon and how it created unequal spaces and also of
violence and crime.