Transformações territoriais decorrentes da realocação de organizações militares no município de Alegrete/RS

Abstract

This study aims to reveal what might be the territorial impact caused by the implementation of the National Defense Strategy in Rio Grande do Sul. The Brazilian Military Power is present in the state of Rio Grande do Sul through the three armed forces subordinated to the Department of Defense: the Navy, the Army and the Air Force. The institutional presence among the most prominent armed forces in the state it is up to Brazilian Army (subject of this study): that is present in the referred territory through its effective of 30,340 militaries, its presence in 31 municipalities and its dozens of military units and every military. This defense structure in Rio Grande do Sul is therefore significant in personal defense product, public assets, organizational structure, educational establishments, maintenance facilities, hospitals and laboratories, in addition to operational structures such as barracks and training camps. The overall objective of the research is to assess the territorial impacts in the municipality of Alegrete caused by the implementation of the National Defense Strategy in the face of military organizations' relocation based in the referred municipality. The research is a critical study of the impacts and a prospective analysis of the consequences of deterritorialization in the municipality with the transfer of military organizations to the north of the country. The study was delimited to the Brazilian Army structures based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the case in the municipality of Alegrete by his prominence as typical city of the gaucho interior and the significant presence of barracks in its area.