Don´t allow Canto do Morcego finish

conflicts between preservationists and investors on Praia Brava – Itajaí (SC)

Abstract

This article shows the conflicts between preservationist associations which has denounced the occupation of disorderly manner and the consequent destruction of the maritime edge in the city of Itajaí (SC); the real estate companies and the government. These conflicts started in the last decades of the XX century and were intensified with the pressure of the builders and managers for the clearance of these conservation areas and the building of real estate luxury in Itajaí county beaches. Analyses the speeches that appears in the contemporary media about Praia Brava and Canto do Morcego, and the relations, complaints and the involvement of associations, in the present time.