TRANSFORMAÇÕES URBANAS NA CIDADE DE VITÓRIA DO XINGU/PA FACE A CONSTRUÇÃO DA USINA HIDRELÉTRICA DE BELO MONTE.

The main goal of this paper is to analyze the main spacial transformations that happened in the relationship between the city and the river in Vitória do Xingu, state of Pará, related to the installment of the the Hydroelectric Plant of Belo Monte and it's insertion in the energetic frontier imposed to the Amazon. In methodological terms, a theorical-conceptual review and field trips were made (with photographic records and formulary applications). It is argued that through the construction of the Hydroelectric plant, significant changes happened in the urban dinamic, revealed in the requalification of the city port (its waterfront), consolidation and modernization of the services and business main area and the surge of new settlement spaces in the city's countryside, mainly the road axis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]