Análise da Sustentabilidade do Município de Sousa-PB a partir do desempenho dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS).

Abstract

With the urban and industrial development of cities, as well as demographic advancement, mitigation measures needed to be evaluated to contain the imbalance between preservation and exploitation of natural resources. Thus, the 2030 Agenda constituted an action plan with measures to achieve 17 SDGs, which play an important role for leadership of local governments, providing, based on the Sustainable Development Index of Cities – Brazil (IDSC-BR), evaluate the local situation of municipalities, identifying needs and resources. Therefore, this work aimed to analyze the IDSC of the municipality of Sousa, in the state of Paraíba, highlighting the SDGs achieved and those that present challenges to be achieved, as well as suggesting public policies to be implemented with the aim of reducing these adversities. The research is descriptive exploratory, documentary and quantitative, based on data collected from IDSC BR in partnership with Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN) between the years of 2010 to 2020. As a result observed, the level of sustainable development of the scenario of study is low, and its position in terms of classification within the state of Paraíba, Compared to neighboring cities, it is quite unsatisfactory. Of the 17 SDGs, only the Industry SDG, Innovation and Infrastructure was achieved, while all others presented some challenges to reach the appropriate threshold. Therefore, the municipality did not present favorable results, demonstrating difficulty in applying their public policies. Given the limitations of the work, the absence of updated data on programs and projects with characteristics of SDG was the most relevant.