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MERCADOS, TABERNAS E FEIRAS: custo de vida nas cidades na calha do Rio Solimões (markets, delis and street markets: living costs in the cities along the River)

2010; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 9; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4215/rm2010.0919.0008

1984-2201

André de Oliveira Moraes, Tatiana Schor,

Indigenous Health and Education

The role played by nutrition in the Amazon State, due to its complex hydrological system, is subject to local specifi cities.The composition of the national staple food cost was established in Brazil in the 30's and the prices are collected only in the metropolitan regions.Due to the fact that alimentary habits differ enormously from one region to another, the staple food costs in the State are particular in such a manner that it must be reviewed and regionalized.This regionalization will make evident not only alimentary habits but also economic and social relations implicit in the urban network.By means of the costs' analysis of the regional staple food costs and the market relations, that are related with it in the cities of Manacapuru and Coari in Amazonas State, the urban profi le and the rural-urban activities in the urban network can be established.