The opening of economic frontiers in the Midwest region facilitated the entry of a large number of migrants, rural workers who aimed to find work in new areas of agriculture and livestock.
From this fact, some migrants bought and others took possession of Lands giving rise to several small and medium-sized rural properties, generally with few technologies, this means that traditional agriculture was developed, labor practiced by the family that cultivated food-based products such as rice, corn and bean.
Some time later the expropriation process of small and medium owners took place, the fact is explained because large landowners and business groups started to purchase large tracts of land promoting concentration land ownership.
As a consequence, the region today is one of those with a high incidence of land concentration in Brazil. Another result of this process was the lack of work in the field, since large properties developed extensive cattle raising and other highly mechanized agricultural production. The lack of employment brought thousands of people to nearby towns, thus causing the phenomenon of rural exodus.
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The process of rural exodus that took place in the Midwest region resulted in a rapid population growth that occupied urban centers and even gave rise to new cities. The intense arrival of the rural population in the cities made them saturated in relation to the number of people, destabilizing the urban structure.
This means that, by quickly occupying areas that were previously uninhabited, the government was unable to provide all public services, with that the population began to face a series of infrastructure problems such as the lack of sanitation, schools, lighting, paving, policing among others.
The growth of marginalized neighborhoods in the large cities of the Center-West Region happens because the job offer is incapable of absorbing the amount of labor derived from the countryside.
Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
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