Society and nature in the Pontal do Paranapanema - SP: the unit of geography and regional development

Authors

  • Ricardo dos Santos Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2017v26n1p62

Keywords:

Society, Nature, Pontal do Paranapanema.

Abstract

In this paper Geography is understood in the perspective of its totality, so that society and nature are related through a dialectical process. Therefore, it is made a defense that actions aimed at contributing to regional development have to consider all dimensions of reality and not only the economic on as in the capitalist model. As a scale it is used in the region of Pontal do Paranapanema, in the State of São Paulo. It stands out as in the Pontal do Paranapanema coexist different models of development, nevertheless, a prevalence has been the capitalist one.

Author Biographies

Ricardo dos Santos, Universidade Estadual Paulista

PhD in Geography by Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Presidente Prudente campus. CAPES scholarship. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculty of Science and Technology, Presidente Prudente campus.

Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

PhD in Geography by Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Presidente Prudente campus. Associate Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL.

Published

2017-07-25

How to Cite

Santos, R. dos, & Coca, E. L. de F. (2017). Society and nature in the Pontal do Paranapanema - SP: the unit of geography and regional development. GEOGRAFIA (Londrina), 26(1), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2017v26n1p62

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