Sustainable discourse in the practice of shantytown urbanization through resettlement of vulnerable population in an Amazonian metropolis

Urban re-shaping has been the most common practice to reduce the number of socially vulnerable precarious settlements in the Belém Metropolitan Region, eastern portion of the Brazilian Amazon, in the last decades, but its results and effectiveness are still quite debatable. This article seeks to analyze the discursive interpretations of the concept of urban sustainability based on an intervention for housing of social interest from the Growth Acceleration Program in the state of Pará, aiming at establishing links of sustainability among the population served by the Plan through the project which aimed to relocate families - the Taboquinha Project, located in the district of Icoaraci. Qualitative-quantitative research was used based on the technical projects, documents, interviews with beneficiaries and semi-structured interviews with technicians, executors and beneficiaries. The data obtained infer that there is disconnection between actions to generate occupation and income of families, besides the absence of equipment for leisure in the intervention area. It is noticed that in relation to sustainability, based on the categories of leisure and work, the Project reproduces spaces that are not related to the material and substantive experiences of the individuals served, disregarding their everyday needs and practices.