Percepção dos riscos socioambientais na Grota da Cycosa

Abstract

The urgency to address issues both as the balance of the population's quality of life, stimulated a study of the risks and environmental vulnerabilities of the Grota Cycosa. In this context, this work aims to present a study on the perceptions of residents of Grota the Cycosa community about the environment where they live, especially the situations of vulnerability and risks that are to their surroundings, as well as the reality faced daily by them. The interviews, questionnaires, and field work will be the analysis parameter of the conditions of the residents. The community called Grota the Cycosa has poor basic infrastructure of housing and sanitation, having a population with low income, being characterized as a risk area. The analyzes showed that the relationship between man and the environment, if not well structured, generate implications, among them are: landslides recorded in Grota the Cycosa which are directly linked to irregular occupation so that was in place; the removal of vegetation for construction of houses causing instability on the ground and leaving the local community in a vulnerable situation; the lack of a proper place to dispose garbage enabling disposal in Riacho Cardoso, and therefore its pollution, which aggravates the risk that the population is, especially in the rainy season, which becomes more susceptible the landslide occurrences in the area. The results demonstrate through research anxieties, insecurities and expectations of people living in Grota community Cycosa, mainly related to risks in relation to housing, involving the locus of experience of them. Given the above, it is believed that this thesis will contribute to the discussions on the areas of social and environmental vulnerabilities, which are increasingly common in view of the problems involving risks and vulnerabilities in urban areas. Moreover, giving visibility conditions that are subject subjects residing in these areas, as well as drawing the attention of society to this reality.