The major floods and the process of productive restructuring in the widening of socio-spatial inequalities in Blumenau/SC at the end of the 20th century

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  • Donizete Correa Franco Pires Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2024v12n2p189-210

Abstract

During the last two decades of the 20th century, Blumenau, a medium-sized industrial city, faced significant socio-environmental events, such as the major floods of 1983 and 1984 and the flash flood of 1990, which severely impacted the population and the housing and industrial sectors. At the same time, Brazil was transitioning from an authoritarian regime to a democracy. The Brazilian economy was subjected to neoliberal principles, which sought to restore profit rates and restructure industrial production. Given this scenario, this article aims to investigate the socio-spatial repercussions of the major floods and the process of productive restructuring at the end of the 20th century in Blumenau. The methodology involves bibliographic analyses and the collection of statistical and census data. In addition, images and maps were included to complement the materials surveyed. The results reveal that the process of productive restructuring and adverse socio-environmental events have widened socio-spatial inequalities and the process of socio-spatial segregation in Blumenau.

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Author Biography

Donizete Correa Franco Pires, Universidade de São Paulo

Graduado em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), mestre em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) e doutorando em Arquitetura e Urbanismo no Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo (IAU-USP)

Published

2025-11-01

How to Cite

Franco Pires, D. C. (2025). The major floods and the process of productive restructuring in the widening of socio-spatial inequalities in Blumenau/SC at the end of the 20th century. Revista Brasileira De Desenvolvimento Regional, 12(2), 189–210. https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2024v12n2p189-210

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