Uso corporativo do território e exclusão social: o caso Braskem e a Comunidade do Flexal na cidade de Maceió – Alagoas

Abstract

The use of territory by corporations materializes in places. It is synonymous with resource, used deliberately, according to the intentions. The most perverse possible consequences result from this process. In this sense, the present work seeks to analyze the exclusion process experienced by the Flexal community, derived from the corporate use of the territory in the city of Maceió, by the petrochemical company Braskem and which resulted in one of the greatest urban tragedies on the planet, in these three first decades of the 21st century. In its elaboration, from the point of view of approaching the problem, the investigation carried out is characterized as qualitative and quantitative, since different data were collected regarding the theme, which, systematized and analyzed, support the understanding and analysis of the reality studied with the contribution of the theoretical bases and concepts used. The operational process took place through bibliographic research, documentary research and field work in Flexal and some adjacent areas. In this way, it was possible to prove that after the subsidence of the soil caused by the exploitation of salgem by Braskem and all the problems caused, the community is currently undergoing a process of social and economic islanding, with the remaining population deprived of a series of essential services. This process began with the relocation of the population from the surrounding areas, together with the interdiction of a stretch of Avenida Major Cícero de Góes Monteiro, the main route connecting the affected neighborhoods and Flexal, with the city center. Clearly configuring a process of social exclusion promoted by a corporation, in this case, Braskem.