The sugarcane sector in Triângulo Mineiro (Brazil): economic growth and maintenance of social inequalities in “sugarcane towns”

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  • João Henrique Santana Stacciarini Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3517-9410
  • Mirlei Fachini Vicente Pereira Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ag.v12i3.46969

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate some existing antagonisms in the expansion process of activities of the sugarcane industry (sugarcane production and derivatives) in Triângulo Mineiro, western region of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Such antagonisms are expressed by economic growth, based on the increase in productive activities resulting from the installation of sugarcane mills in the regional space, in contrast to the maintenance of social inequalities and the poverty of a significant amount of the population. This condition can be verified particularly in the more specialized and dependent municipalities of this crop, whose urban centers we are recognizing as “sugarcane towns”. Aspects of economic growth resulting from the activity entrance in specialized municipalities are evaluated, as well as those that evidence the maintenance of social inequalities and the production of territorial vulnerabilities.

Keywords: Sugar-energy sector, Socio-spatial inequalities, Sugarcane towns, Triângulo Mineiro (Minas Gerais, Brazil).

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Published

2018-12-21

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STACCIARINI, J. H. S.; PEREIRA, M. F. V. The sugarcane sector in Triângulo Mineiro (Brazil): economic growth and maintenance of social inequalities in “sugarcane towns”. Ateliê Geográfico Journal, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 3, p. 55–74, 2018. DOI: 10.5216/ag.v12i3.46969. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/46969. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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