À sombra das torres da cidade: industrialização, habitação e meio ambiente em Cubatão

Abstract

This Thesis favours an analysis of the dwelling conditions in the town of Cubatão, having implications related to its environment and industrialization. In order to achieve that aim, it was considered, as a starting point, the time when there was a leakage of ammonia at Ultrafértil, in 1985. The old Vila Parisi at the time, was between industries. Thus, it is taken into consideration the conclusion of the evaluation of the results of the Project which enables the State to remove those people from Vila Parisi to Jardim Nova República. The study shows final results of researches held between November 93 and Mach 99, analysing not only that public intervention but also its consequences as far as the villager s new living conditions are concerned. That process and the frequent movings of the low-salaried social groups, mainly in the industrial areas, lead to an analysis of the dwelling and environment questions related specifically to the accident in Cubatão. Families of those now living in Jardim Nova República were heard at the time of their allocation, trying to possibly reconstruct their trajectory in the city, bearing in mind the success or failure of the government in its intervention through the removal project and its effects