Uso e ocupação da trecho costeiro do Porto das Dunas: processo imobiliário, turístico e urbanístico

Abstract

This study was developed in Porto das Dunas, located in the coastal stretch of Aquiraz, Ceará, Fortaleza metropolitan area, lying approximately 27 km from the capital. Since 1980, this area comes under pressure from property speculation and hoteliers tourist developments that have settled there, which added to the disordered population growth has brought harm to the environment, compromising environmental quality. Porto das Dunas, therefore, is an object of study complex, requiring an integrated understanding of the factors that led to the occupation of this coastal stretch. In this sense, this research is to analyze the general form of the evolutionary process of occupation of Porto das Dunas and considering factors such as: 1) Knowing the factors that led to the occupation of that area, and 2) Identify major impacts in the region and at the mouth of Rio Pacoti. To achieve these goals, first a literature survey was conducted by consulting several different scientific databases, in order to define the main characteristics of the coastline of Porto das Dunas work. Subsequently, field work (2012, 2013 and 2014), then a bibliometric survey of materials published by The People newspaper in the period 1928 to 2013 and making maps were performed. This research allowed us to identify the main motivating factors of occupation and transformers Porto das Dunas process: installing the Allotment Porto das Dunas and subsequently the development of Beach Park complex. Besides them, the natural beauties of the region also stand as a motivating factor. Since the 80s, these factors encouraged and stimulated the development of Porto das Dunas, verifying the installation of numerous infrastructure, condos house, resorts, inns, hotels, trade. However, this development also promoted impacts on natural ecosystems of the region, including the mouth of Pacoti river and its surroundings, which from 2003 were entered into the APA river Pacoti. It is hoped that this study may assist in planning the real estate and tourism development and environmental management of coastal stretch, allowing the decisions taken by the competent bodies are geared for the development of the region, associated with environmental preservation and improvement of the region.