NETWORK-TERRITORIES AND ZONE-TERRITORIES OF NARCOTRAFFIC ON THE METROPOLIS OF BELÉM

In the past decades, Amazon has emerged as a geographical area of great importance for the global connection of crime. In this context, the cities of the Amazon, above all, the metropolises Belém and Manaus, where alternative territorialities are becoming a spacial substrate. This article has the objective of analyze the network-territories and zone territories of narcotraffic in the metropolis of Belém. This research is part of the result from a doctoral thesis defended in the Postdoctoral Program in Sustainable Development of the Humid Tropics. This work’s methodology is based on bibliographic research, documentary analysis, field work and systematic observations. The territories of narcotraffic in Belém are geographical configurations that mark the history of today’s urban conflicts