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<p>This article aims to study the still ongoing process of resettlement of the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Brazil, from the Fundão tailings dam rupture moment, through the temporary resettlement solution proposed in the city of Mariana, and finally the approval of the new settlement’s urban design in 2018, more than two years after the disaster. In 2022, more than six years after the disaster, the community has not been resettled yet. Through varied literature research, we will discuss the resettlement process of this community by analyzing the community’s participation in it, the urban design process and two of the urban design solutions presented for the new settlement. Through the study of this resettlement process, it will be possible to identify some key factors that have influenced it and that can significantly influence the success or lack thereof of whole community resettlement operations of forcibly displaced people.</p>
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This article aims to study the still ongoing process of resettlement of the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Brazil, from the Fundão tailings dam rupture moment, through the temporary resettlement solution proposed in the city of Mariana, and finally the approval of the new settlement’s urban design in 2018, more than two years after the disaster. In 2022, more than six years after the disaster, the community has not been resettled yet. Through varied literature research, we will discuss the resettlement process of this community by analyzing the community’s participation in it, the urban design process and two of the urban design solutions presented for the new settlement. Through the study of this resettlement process, it will be possible to identify some key factors that have influenced it and that can significantly influence the success or lack thereof of whole community resettlement operations of forcibly displaced people.

Resettlement of Forcibly Displaced People: Case study of Bento Rodrigues Following the Environmental Disaster of the Fundão Tailings Dam Failure

M. Arch. graduate at the University of Coimbra

Student participant of the Erasmus+ Internship Student Program at the Bialystok University of Technology

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This article aims to study the still ongoing process of resettlement of the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Brazil, from the Fundão tailings dam...

Resettlement of Forcibly Displaced People: Case study of Bento Rodrigues Following the Environmental Disaster of the Fundão Tailings Dam Failure

Pubblicato online: 01 mar 2023

Pagine: 1 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24427/aea-2022-vol14-no3-01

Parole chiave
Fundão tailings dam, forced displacement, Bento Rodrigues, Brazil

© 2022 Flávia de Oliveira Bellesia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Resettlement of Forcibly Displaced People: Case study of Bento Rodrigues Following the Environmental Disaster of the Fundão Tailings Dam Failure

Pubblicato online: 01 mar 2023

Pagine: 1 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24427/aea-2022-vol14-no3-01

Parole chiaveFundão tailings dam, forced displacement, Bento Rodrigues, Brazil

© 2022 Flávia de Oliveira Bellesia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
Fundão tailings dam, forced displacement, Bento Rodrigues, Brazil