The occupation and land use in the coast of Paraná: conditionals, conflicts and tendencies

Abstract

The aim of the present article is to present the forms of occupation and use of the coastal area of Paraná, bringing the fundamental descriptive elements, but also trying to research some conditional and explicative factors, as well as noticing the present tendencies. The main current forms of coastal land use in Paraná are related to harbors, fishing, tourism and the conservation of the present ecosystems and their biodiversity. In order to know its origin and comprehend its current form, it’s presented the historic of the region and shown data which characterize and give dimension the four coastal land uses just mentioned above. From this information, the geomorphologic conditionals of these uses are analyzed, as well as their consequences, in terms of conflicts and tendencies. Finally, there is presented basic data of the populational dynamic, understood as a reflex or expression of the economic dynamic which controls the occupation of the space, and the appropriation and use of the resources. This way, this work tries to understand the dialectic between the natural conditions and the historical processes which determine the configuration of the social space.

Keywords

• ocupação e uso do solo
• regiões costeiras
• dinâmicas naturais e sociais
• occupation and land use
• coastal areas
• social and natural dynamics