Os impactos ambientais no Rio Mundaú em União dos Palmares causados pela ação do homem

Abstract

Nowadays, the world has become a space with more urban characteristics every day, as it is a process that has been standing out and with important significance in its modern social body, considering that the growing urbanization has caused effects and consequences that impact the relationships between the natural and social environments. Urbanization brings environmental impacts that come from the urbanization process, being a worldwide reality and in cities of all sizes (small, medium and large), these impacts being both positive and negative. However, highlighting the changes undergone in the urban environment by human actions and their consequences, as the environment goes beyond the natural space by involving everything that is around it. Events such as floods are consequences of the environmental impact suffered in that location, they are natural phenomena in the face of heavy rains, but it is noted that they are increasingly intensifying as a result of human interventions. In this work, the flood in the city of União dos Palmares/Al is highlighted as a consequence of these interventions, due to the urban occupation of riverside areas, the disorderly growth of the population and the entire urbanization process that interferes in the natural dynamics.