Racismo ambiental no espaço urbano: um estudo de caso do Programa Lagoas do Norte na Avenida Boa Esperança, Zona Norte de Teresina

Abstract

This work analyzes the urban environmental racism experienced by families in the Boa Esperança Avenue community, affected by the Lagoas do Norte Program (PLN). The research shows that Brazilian urbanization has occurred in an exclusionary manner, and that the Program, although presented as an urban requalification initiative, reproduces historically accumulated inequalities. The displaced families, mostly low-income, were moved from areas near the city center to peripheral regions, losing community ties, economic opportunities, and access to basic services. To achieve precise results, the following general objective was defined: to identify to what extent the actions of the Lagoas do Norte Program can be configured as practices of environmental racism promoted by the public authorities on Boa Esperança Avenue, in the northern zone of Teresina. The methodological procedures consist of a bibliographic study in the form of a case study. It is concluded that the case of Teresina constitutes a concrete manifestation of environmental racism in Brazilian cities.