SILVA, A. M. D.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1893313238439092; SILVA, Anderson Mateus Diniz.
Résumé:
The city of Taperoá-PB islocated in the intermediate region of Campina Grande-PB,
located in the semiarid region, presenting low rainfall throughout the year, in addition to
the presence of exposed soils. The local economy depends on the primary and tertiary
sectors. The urban area was created in the vicinity of the Taperoá river, the largest river
course in the region, in which this occurs temporarily, presenting a water course in the
short rainy season. With the urbanization process, the river has undergone major
changes in its natural space. This work has as main objective to analyze the anthropic
transformations along the Taperoá banks and riverbed in the city of Taperoá-PB. For
this, the study of the fluvial landscape and the urban areas close to the river was carried
out, seeking to identify the main problems that involve the main tributary of the Paraíba
River, the most important hydrographic basin in the State of Paraíba. In addition, an
analysis of satellite images obtained by Google Earth during the period 2010 to 2020
was carried out, seeking to understand the spatial development of the urban area around
the studied area. The observations of the landscape were made in three blocks, which
comprise the process of historical formation of the city on the banks of the river, the
natural landscapes in the territorial extension of the river and the city and the landscapes
altered by human activity.The results showed major changes in the natural landscape of
the river, such as the deforestation of the riparian forest, the use of fire to clean the
banks for the development of animal feed, the discharge of domestic sewage from the
entire city to the riverbed, process of silting and desertification influenced mainly by the
creation of animals along the entire course of the river in the vicinity of the urban area,
in addition to the urban growth on the left bank in the upstream, thus observing a high
degree of socio-environmental vulnerabilities in the sub-basin of the Taperoá River in
the city of Taperoá-PB.