The urban sprawl of Montes Claros and its implications in the occurrence of diseases serving water

• Autor(a) principal: Magalhães, Sandra Célia Muniz
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Carvalho, Marcos Bernardino de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Cerrados (Montes Claros. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/cerrados/article/view/2938
• topic: Urbanização. Montes Claros. Saneamento. Doenças.; Urbanization. Montes Claros. Sanitation Diseases.

This article discusses the relation between the basic sanitation conditions and the occurrence of diseases propagated through water in Montes Claros-MG. From the approaches it was concluded that the incidence water-born diseases is due to the fast urban expansion of the city in the last decades associated with the lack of public policies for these areas, mainly in relation to infrastructure of basic sanitation, for the lack of water is common in the districts. The floods which have occurred in the city as well as the amount of garbage filling up the sewers in all districts bring about inconveniences and illnesses to the population. All these problems points to the necessity of a reevaluation of the actions which have guided the responsible sectors for these issues in the City of Montes Claros.