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8.9 Habitat Loss and Biodiversity – Exotic Species ................ 131<br />

The State of Fishery Resour<br />

esources<br />

Extraction Fishery and Acquiculture ............................................. 132<br />

9 Fishery..................................................................................<br />

132<br />

9.1 Potentialities........................................................................<br />

132<br />

9.2 Extractive Marine Fishery ................................................... 135<br />

9.3 Conflicts over the Use of Resour<br />

esources<br />

................................. 139<br />

9.4 Fishery Distribution Marketing...........................................<br />

140<br />

9.5 Continental Extractive Fishery ........................................... 140<br />

9.6 General Behaviour of the Production ................................ 142<br />

9.7 Difficulties and Impacts ...................................................... 145<br />

The State of Environmental Disasters ........................................... 148<br />

1. Characterisation of the disasters ...................................... 148<br />

2. Human Actions and the Disasters ..................................... 149<br />

3. Brazil and Civil Defence Governmental Actions ............... 149<br />

4. Major disasters and consequences .................................... 151<br />

4.1. Droughts ............................................................................... 151<br />

4.2. Dry Seasons.........................................................................<br />

154<br />

4.3. Floods .................................................................................. 155<br />

4.4. Slides....................................................................................<br />

156<br />

4.5. For<br />

orest Fir<br />

ires<br />

es..........................................................................<br />

156<br />

4.6. Gales and Tornadoes<br />

ornadoes............................................................<br />

157<br />

4.7. Hail ....................................................................................... 158<br />

4.8. Earthquakes, tremors ......................................................... 159<br />

4.9. Disasters Related to Dangerous Substances....................<br />

160<br />

5. Regional Scenario of Main Disasters ................................. 162<br />

The State of Urban and Industrial Areas ....................................... 170<br />

1.1 Urban Context.......................................................................<br />

170<br />

1.1. Urbanisation Process...........................................................<br />

170<br />

1.2. Configuration of the Current Urban Network .....................171<br />

1.3. Metropolitan Regions<br />

............................................................171<br />

1.4. Social Inequalities ................................................................ 174<br />

1.5. Recent Trends<br />

....................................................................... 174<br />

2. Population.............................................................................<br />

174<br />

2.1. Growth Dynamics..................................................................<br />

175<br />

2.2. Settlement Standards...........................................................<br />

176<br />

3. Industry and Urbanisation ................................................... 179<br />

3.1. Initial Stage...........................................................................<br />

179<br />

3.2. Changes in the Production Structure ............................... 180<br />

3.3. Economic Activities within the New<br />

Industrialisation Framework<br />

................................................ 181

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