A expansão urbana e os impactos socioambientais na cidade de Quixadá, Ceará

Abstract

The city and its expansion and growth dynamics have as a result social problems and environmental impacts that are simultaneously impermanent and mutual changes between society and nature. The urbanization process that happens not based on an adequate urban planning compromises the development of the city's social functions, the conservation of natural elements and the guarantee of the well-being of its inhabitants. In this context, the municipality of Quixadá has undergone changes in the dynamics of occupation of its urban space motivated by the implantation of Higher Education Institutions. In view of these issues, the study aims to analyze the changes that occurred in the city of Quixadá, presenting the main characteristics and impacts resulting from socio-spatial interactions with the understanding of the production of space from the implementation of the HEI. The methodology of this research is based on an understanding of the singularities of local processes and an understanding of the reality of the municipality's expansion. For this, a systemic approach was used in order to understand the environmental impacts, associated with the application of questionnaires with the interpretation and analysis of data through statistical methods and production of maps. The survey of environmental, social and economic conditions was carried out based on bibliographic and documentary data and in situ analysis. It was found that the space production process, caused by the economic growth associated with the implantation of Higher Education Institutions in Quixadá, already shows signs of being a vector of several landscape, social, environmental and cultural changes with different forms of use and occupation urban environment and environmental systems. The changes that took place in the municipality were accompanied by relevant consequences, converted into problems and impacts. Thus, for the establishment of a sustainable, long-lasting and inclusive development model, the implementation of strategies and the alignment between local opportunities and administrative capacity on the part of the government are necessary, a capacity enhanced by the implementation of environmental planning and management instruments and in construction of social, economic and environmental policies for Quixadá.