Actions of territorial actors: the construction of the Rio Grande-RS, Brazil, as an strategic node in south Brazil territory

Abstract

The formation of a territory is through the action of territorial actors who establish strategies through their goals and needs. Thus, this work aims to recognize the actions of the actors in the formation and transformation of the structures of a strategic territorial node, the Seaport of the Rio Grande, in southern Brazil. The changes in economic, political and social relations lead to changes in the actions of the actors and reflected in the alteration of the forms of territorial use. Within the conjuncture of the seaport was no different, a strategic point built to delimit the then Portuguese colony, became the regional gateway to global trade and was restructured the needs of each period and the actors involved. Among the actors, the State stands out by the mutation of its actions, acting in some periods as a controller of the other structures as a facilitator for the other actors.