The Development Plan of Furnas Lake of 1975: the challenge of regional integration

Abstract: This paper establishes a thinking about the Development Plan of Furnas Lake of 1975. The plan is analyzed as a regional planning strategy that sought to confront the social and environmental impacts caused by the process of implantation of Furnas Lake in the cities. The main proposals of the plan are highlighted and later are analyzed its influences in the current context of the territory around the Lake of Furnas.