Cidades da fronteira: Canaã dos Carajás e Xinguara no contexto de expansão produtiva brasileira no período de 2010 a 2020

Abstract

This paper aims to understand how livestock and mineral production reflects the development of economic activities in the cities of Xinguara and Canaã dos Carajás, located on the livestock and mineral frontier, in Southeast Pará. This work is divided into two parts, the first being intended for a literary review of concepts to be used throughout the study, such as agriculture frontier, intermediate cities and a general contextualization that is necessary to enter the discussion itself, as the country itself and the region studied was shaped to come to guide mainly the commodities that are being considered in this article. The second part is intended to study cities, their construction and economic development until reaching the proposed years of analysis, and to understand the relevance of the changes suffered, thus concluding we will use factors such as employment and income to analyze the difference between cities and their differences and how these dialogue activities with cities.