O crescimento urbano da cidade de Sousa – PB e sua contribuição na degradação ambiental do Rio do Peixe.

Abstract

The present monographic work aims to analyze the environmental impacts caused by by the process of urbanization in the stretch of Rio do Peixe that cuts the headquarters of Sousa The urbanization process is being one of the main responsible for the impacts negative effects on the environment, especially as regards those occurring in the rivers, such as siltation, water pollution, among others. These water resources that are so important to societies have been increasingly degraded by human actions arising from the urban growth process. From this reality we sought to investigate In this paper, the urbanization process of the city of Sousa has affected Rio do Fish, making a spatial cut of the stretch that crosses the referred city. To achieve the objective proposed the methodology used, initially were bibliographic searches in authors that discuss the subjects related to such theme, besides field research in the excerpt of the Peixe River that crosses the city of Sousa, seeking to highlight the theoretical discussion that was data collection and information regarding the locus of the research.