Impacts caused by the Hydroelectric Power Plant of Estreito/MA in Babaçulândia/TO: a state of the art

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https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2024v12n1p133-158

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The Hydroelectric Power Station of Estreito/MA has caused changes in the landscape and in the way of life of the populations of twelve municipalities in Tocantins and Maranhão, with Babaçulândia/TO being the municipality with the largest number of people affected and relocated. The aim of this paper is to analyse the state of the art of research on the impacts and changes caused by the construction of the Hydroelectric Power Station of Estreito. To this end, searches were carried out in the Google Scholar, CAPES Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations and SciELO databases, covering research published between 2010 and 2023. A total of 44 papers were published, most of which were by researchers from the Legal Amazon region and most of which were published in journals from the Brazilian Southeast. The qualitative analysis showed four categories of groupings of publications: socio-economic conditions; reterritorialisation; gender and resistance; and memories and rights violations. The analyses carried out showed, among other impacts, that the construction of the Hydroelectric Power Station of Estreito led to the expulsion of residents and changes in living space.

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Cimara Leite de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins

Mestranda em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais (PPGDire) pela Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT), Pedagoga pela Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR), docente da Prefeitura Municipal de Araguaína.

Thelma Pontes Borges, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins

Docente do Mestrado em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais (PPGDire) pela Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT), Doutora em Psicologia pela USP, Mestre em Educação pela UNICAMP. Graduada em Psicologia pela UNESP.

Miguel Pacifico Filho, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins

Docente do Mestrado em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais (PPGDire) pela Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT), Doutor e Mestre em História pela USP pela UNESP, graduado em História pela UFOP.

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2025-07-23

How to Cite

Sousa, C. L. de, Borges, T. P., & Pacifico Filho, M. (2025). Impacts caused by the Hydroelectric Power Plant of Estreito/MA in Babaçulândia/TO: a state of the art. Revista Brasileira De Desenvolvimento Regional, 12(1), 133–158. https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2024v12n1p133-158

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