Percepções sociais do desenvolvimento e impacto ambiental – Sinop/MT 1979-2009

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the perception of social actors in relation to the environmental impact caused by the actions of territorial expansion and development at Sinop / MT,

analyzing the context Sinop, progress and environmental impact. It was used the case study as a research method and the qualitative approach to research concerning the nature of the data. It was used field research to collect empirical data through semi-structured interviews applied to key actors in society, and literature search to review the concepts of progress and the current conception of the term development, the issue of globality and world- systems, of the

colonialism played again in the history of occupation of the territory, of the environmental impact resulting from the expansion of territorial occupation and the current convergence for sustainable development. It was also carried out a research on the politics and dynamics of occupation of the Amazon and Mato Grosso land and on the history of colonization of Sinop. For d