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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
One of the better stretches of the nearly 2,500 km Transamazónica highway. Various major highways were built to link the region with the rest of the country such as the Belém-Brasília (2,100 km) and the Cuiabá-Porto Velho-Rio Branco (1900 km)Manaus (2300 km) highways. Intra-regional transportation and integration was the objective of the Transamazónica highway. With the exception of a few sections, it is largely unpaved, unused and unsettled, despite the government's ambitious plan to establish numerous landless families along its approximately 2,500 kilometers. Traffic on the other highways has increased tremendously and has been an important source of local development and population growth.Um dos melhores trechos da rodovia Transamazónica de aproximadamente 2.500 kilómetros. Várias rodovias foram construídas para integrar a região ao resto do país, como por exemplo as rodovias Belém-Brasília (2.100 km), Cuiabá-Porto Velho-Rio Branco (1.900 km)/Manaus (2.300 km). A Transamazónica tinha como objetivo o transporte e a integração intra-regional. Com exceção de alguns trechos, a rodovia não está pavimentada, e hoje fica inutilizada e desabitada, apesar do ambicioso plano do governo de estabelecer inúmeras famílias "sem-terra" ao longo dos seus quase 2.500 km. O tráfico nas outras rodovias, porém, tem aumentado bastante, tendo como conseqüência o desenvolvimento local e o crescimento da população.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1988
Keywords
Brazil: Introduction to Brazil
