Indicadores ambientais aplicados à gestão municipal: uma aplicação do modelo geo cidades em Sumé-PB.

Abstract

Considering that sustainability indicators are efficient tools in decision-making and that the problems arising from the urbanization process, as well as environmental problems can generate serious social and economic damage to a society, this study aimed to analyze ways of contributing to improvements in the management of the municipality of Sumé-PB based on the use of environmental indicators. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, the study carried out the application of the Driving Force - Pressure - State - Impact - Response (FPEIR) model to the municipality under analysis, using the Geo Cidades methodology, producing a diagnosis that expressed the relationships between the forces drivers, pressures, status, impacts and responses and their contributions to improving municipal management. As for the methodological procedures, the research was classified as descry ptive and exploratory. Adopting a qualitative approach, the environmental problems of the municipality were identified and subsequently the selection of twenty environmental indicators, allowing the production of the FPEIR model that demonstrated the cause and effect relationships between the indicators of each dimension. The results found were listed in the form of a diagnosis according to the structure proposed by the Geo Cidades methodology, highlighting the main urban-environmental problems and demonstrating the need for the elaboration and / or reformulation of public policies aimed at the management of water resources, solid waste and urban politics. The study concluded that the FPEIR model is an important tool for localities, as it enables environmental assessment in an integrated manner and suggests improvements for municipal management.