Configuração socioambiental da planície costeira no município de Paripueira – Alagoas

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Edilsa Oliveira dos
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6823
• topic: Geografia; Geografia ambiental; Ecologia humana; Litoral; Costa; Paisagens; Proteção ambiental; Alagoas; Planície costeira; Abordagem socioambiental; Fragilidade ambiental; Coastal plain; Socio-environmental approach; Environmental fragility; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA

Coastal areas are dynamic and unstable, fragile and vulnerable environments that comprise the transition zone between the continent and the sea, bringing together unique landscapes, but complex, due to their natural dynamics, associated with the socioeconomic activities that configure these spaces. It is a territorial portion of great diversity of natural resources, be it in relation to fauna or flora. These characteristics are attractive, whether for rest, recreation, leisure, sports or economic activities. In regions where constructions on the coastline have been intensified in a direct or indirect manner, the changes in the sedimentary balance and consequently the decharacterization of this environment, accelerated by social factors, become perceptible. In this sense, the importance of a study on the socioenvironmental issues and on the degree of fragility of the coastal environments is evidenced, to provide subsidies for land use planning. Space and landscape are the categories of this research analysis, whose general objective is to analyze the socioenvironmental dynamics in the Coastal Plain of the municipality of Paripueira, located on the north coast of Alagoas. For that, the characterization of the physical elements was done, to understand the operation of the environmental system of the spatial cut of the research. For the construction, three levels of research were adopted as methodological procedures: exploratory, descriptive and explanatory, divided into three stages, carried out through a bibliographical review, documentary research, fieldwork and study, with the creation of thematic maps in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environment. The results indicate that the Coastal Plain in question is formed by deposits dated from the Quaternary, developed from the events of marine transgressions and regressions. Consisting of marine terraces, plain fluvio lagoon, fluviomarinha, dunes, coastal strands and mangroves. Its structure indicates a marked level of environmental fragility, caused by the socioeconomic demands of this environment that have shown population growth. The urban occupation is distributed irregularly, with modification and degradation in the natural landscape, having as main motivating agent, the tourist activities. It is inferred, therefore, that it is necessary to awaken in society the need through scientific research, management and monitoring actions and try to find a balance between the use and conservation of coastal environments, through investments that aim to minimize damages to the environment, and environmental education programs with the local population in the quest to change people's attitudes and behaviors towards the environment.