Gestão de recursos hídricos e sustentabilidade urbana: sistema de indicadores baseado nos ODS.

Abstract

As spaces completely modified by man, cities present themselves as an environment that modifies the natural hydrological cycle and, due to their high demography, constitute a territory of pressure on water resources, in qualitative and quantitative aspects. The present work aimed to build a system of indicators, based on the SDGs, to analyze the sustainability of the management of urban water resources and aiming at urban sustainability. Through the systematization of local demands and meetings with specialists, a system of indicators was built and applied in the urban area of the Riacho das Piabas Watershed, Campina Grande ­ PB. Being verified that the zones upstream and downstream of the microbasin, peripheral regions, as being the ones that have the lowest indicators for water supply, sanitary sewage, collection and treatment of solid waste, collection and management of rainwater, absence of spaces of leisure and percentage of children's literacy.