Impactos socioambientais decorrentes da obra de requalificação do entorno das hortas comunitárias na avenida Noé Mendes, bairro Itararé, Teresina (PI)

Abstract

The society-nature correlation is the basis of socio-environmental discussions, since society is a modifying agent of the geographic space, which together with the capitalist element, generates an imbalance between the parties, aggravating the impacts that already exist on nature. Based on this assumption, this research had as a guiding question: What are the social and environmental impacts resulting from the requalification of community gardens on Noé Mendes Avenue, Itararé neighborhood in Teresina (PI)? Therefore, its general aim was to investigate the social and environmental impacts due to the project of requalification of the surroundings of community gardens on Avenida Noé Mendes, Itararé neighborhood in Teresina (PI). To accomplish this, the following specific objectives were established: To discuss the relationship between Geography and Environment and urban socio -environmental impacts, to reflect on ruralities in the urban area and urban requalification; to present a brief characterization of the study area in its historical and location aspects; analyze the social and environmental impacts identified in the gardens from the work aforementioned and point out actions in order to mitigate the social and environmental impacts identified. The main authors who supported the theoretical foundation of this research were: Mendonça (2001), Teixeira (2016), Lima and Zanirato (2016), among others. The research is classified by its scientific purposes as descriptive and explanatory, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, because it was investigated through the technical procedures of bibliographic research, documentary research and field research, the latter with the application of questionnaires with the horticulturists of the delimited area, totalizing 40 participants, and interviews with representatives of the public agency responsible for the work, in order to highlight its aspects related to socio-environmental impacts in the delimited geographical space, complementing it with the photographic record. It was possible to verify that the requalification project around the community gardens, focus of this study, brought, in its execution, social-environmental impacts, because with the interference in space, the gardeners had part of their land requalified due to the project, directly affecting their economy. Therefore, it is urgent to establish measures such as improvements in security, for example, to provide better development of this horticultural activity through the transformations made in the area by the implementation of the project.