Aplicação de indicadores de desempenho hidroambiental no Grupo de Bacias de Pequenos Rios Litorâneos 2, em Pernambuco

Abstract

The present research aims to evaluate the environmental sustainability in the Small Coastal River Basins Group 2, which belongs to all 29 Pernambuco Planning Units. Initially, secondary data were collected from official sources for the application of hydroenvironmental indicators, namely: Agricultural Expansion, Water Quality, Gross Domestic Product, Microregional Demographic Dynamics and the Federation of Industries Index. from the state of Rio de Janeiro. The performance of the indicators was monitored in 2010, 2013 and 2015, considering the municipalities inserted in the basin, (Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Escada, Ipojuca, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Moreno, Pombos, Recife, São Lourenço da Mata and Vitória de Santo Antão). The data obtained showed average growth among the municipalities in the indicators Gross Domestic Product, Demographic Microregional Dynamics and Agricultural Expansion, while it can be seen a decrease in the indicator of quality of life, represented by the index of the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro. It is also observed that there was a worsening in relation to water pollution, based on the Water Quality indicator. Thus, it is expected that the information produced will help public managers, water users and directly impacted civil society, in the knowledge of the characteristics of the basin. With this, the idea is to enable a more assertive decision by the government as it provides a vision of which aspects need investments to improve their performance.