Impactos socioambientais no Balneário Curva São Paulo em Teresina-PI

Abstract

The respective work sought to address the importance of the Balneário Curva São Paulo located in the city of Teresina-PI, southeast of the capital, from the perspective of socio-environmental impacts and occupation of the area by permissionaires, the main discussions raised during the work emphasize the socio-environmental impacts on the site and the abandonment of the Balneário by the public power, as a result of the effects of flooding caused by the floods of the Poty River during the 2000s, which significantly affected the income and work of the permissionaires as well as the reduction in the number of visitors and tourists to the resort. The work thus aimed in general to analyze the Socio-environmental Impacts of Balneário Curva São Paulo, southeast of Teresina-PI taking into account the changes in the landscape occurred from 2007. To analyze such issues the present research sought from the influence of geographical thought, present a discourse on the environment, and the impacts that arise from the relationship between society and nature as well as changes in the landscape interfere in the living conditions of the population. As for the use of methodological procedures, the research was characterized as descriptive and exploratory with qualitative and quantitative approaches, using data collection techniques such as bibliographic research, documentary research and field research, from the realization of observations, photographic records, interviews and mapping of the area, in order to understand the main transformations in the landscape and understand the main socio-environmental impacts that are reflected in the life and source of income of the permissionaires. The results presented with the research are presented from the conception of how the floods affected the daily lives of the permissionaires from the compromise of the structure of the spa, which considerably reduced the number of frequenters of the place, in addition to the lack of security, cleanliness and the recurrent marginalization of the place. Thus, it was concluded that it is necessary for the public authorities to intervene in the place so that measures to restructure the resort are possible, as well as the application of measures to conserve the river and the environment, thus reducing socio-environmental impacts.