311 Veredas do Direito, Belo Horizonte,  v.16  n.34  p.311-342  Janeiro/Abril de 2019 Bruno Soeiro Vieira Doctor in Sustainable Development of Humid Tropics by the Center of High Amazonian Studies of Universidade Federal do Pará (NAEA/UFPA). Doctor in Law by Pontifícia Uni- versidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Master in State Law Universidade da Amazônia (Unama). Specialist in Tax Law by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). Bachelor in Accounting Sciences by UFPA. Bachelor in Law Sciences by UFPA. Tax Auditor of the Municipal Finances Secretariat of the Municipality of Belém/PA. Professor of Faculdade Integrada Brasil-Amazônia (FIBRA). Post-Stricto Sensu I Full Professor of Universidade da Unama. Email: bruno_vieiraa@yahoo.com.br Hélio Regis Almeida Master in Fundamental Rights by Universidade da Amazônia (Unama). Specialist in Private Law by Instituto de Educação Superior UNYAHNA de Salvador – IESUS (Unyhana/BA). Specialist in Public Law by Instituto de Educação Superior UNYAHNA de Salvador – IESUS (Unyhana/BA). Bachelor in Legal Sciences by Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS/BA). Email: helio.mestrado.unama@gmail.com SOCIO AND SPATIAL SEGREGATION AND INSTABILITY IN A METROPOLIS OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: A CASE STUDY ON “NOVA BELÉM” AND ITS FORTIFIED ENCLAVES http://dx.doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v16i34.1466 Jeferson Fernandes Bacelar Doctor in New Rights by Universidade Estácio de Sá – RJ. Master in State Law Universidade da Amazônia (Unama). Specialist in Upper Education Teaching by Faculdade do Pará (FAP). Bachelor in Law by Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Email: jeferson.bacelar@unama.br Carla Noura Teixeira Doctor in State Law by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Master in Social Relations Law by PUC-SP. Specialist in Civil Procedural Law by Faculdades Metropo- litanas Unidas (FMU/SP). Bachelor in Legal Sciences by Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Email: c.noura@uol.com.br ABSTRACT In just over two decades, the dynamics of reconfguration of the urban space along Augusto Montenegro Highway, in Belém/PA (called “New Belém”) became noticeable. The frantic process of reconfguration of space and soil of the “New Belém” is due to several factors, among which, we highlight: 1) the strategy of “real estate developers” geared at expanding their businesses; 2) the self-segregation adopted by a portion of the urban population, which, faced with the charms of real estate marketing, abandoned the older part of the urban grid to live in “horizontal