Use and occupation at the Ajuruteua beach (PA, Brazil)

Abstract

The village of Ajuruteua is located in a beach of the northeast littoral of Para State at 36 km from Bragança city and presents a population of 392 people living there (2004), from which the majority of them are fishermen and salesmen. In general, the income sources of these households are insignificant as a consequence of the technological delay and lower professional qualification. The fast and disordered way in which territorial occupation of this coastal zone started in 80´s and it is associated to precarious infrastructures where basic sanitary facilities are absent and the public illumination is deficient. A coastal management plan is indispensable to improve the use and occupation of the studied coastal zone and also to improve the life quality of the local population.

Keywords

• uso, ocupação, litoral amazônico
• use
• occupation
• amazonian littoral