(Re)organizing Imperatriz-MA’s urban space

The main objective of this book is to document and discuss, in the light of the geographic science, the transformations in the urban space in the municipality of Imperatriz - MA that occurred in the period 2008-2017, triggered by the implementation of the Suzano Papel & Celulose S/A plant. It was verified from secondary data such as IBGE, RAIS, interviews, cartographic production, the visualization of the reconfiguration of the urban space of the city of Imperatriz to meet the insertion of the factory unit and its industrial logic. The results presented point out that the (re)organization of the urban space of the city has been endowed with an expansion of the urban mesh with the transformation of peripheral areas into new housing spaces, increased real estate speculation and invasions by low-income strata that were negatively affected by the new economic dynamics established.