Brazil Slide Series: Collection Sertao, Slide No. 0083.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

Federal highway cutting through the sertão in the interior of Ceará. Inhospitable caatinga vegetation !ines both sides of the road. Adverse c1imatic conditions in the form of prolonged droughts, rural labor surplus and latifundary land use patterns have helped increase the flow of migrants to medium and large cities.Estrada federal cortando o sertão no interior do Ceará. Em ambos os lados da estrada está a inóspita vegetação da caatinga. Condições climáticas adversas na forma de secas prolongadas, excesso de pessoal para o trabalho rural e padrões latifundiárias de propriedade têm forçado a imigração para cidades de tamanho médio e grande.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1993