A seca no Nordeste: uma análise sobre os possíveis impactos ambientais da implantação do projeto da transposição do Rio São Francisco.

Abstract

In common sense, it is known that drought in the Brazilian Northeast is not just a climate phenomenon of the semiarid region (dry climate region), but its context is much broader than the environmental definition. It involves a series of economic and social deficiencies that affect the most deprived of financial resources hinterland population to confront and combat the impacts of drought. The main goal of this work is to answer whether the implementation of the Project of São Francisco River Transposition is environmentally viable to combat drought in the Northeast. In order to achieve these goals, great works of environmental scientists, experts in water resources and sociologists in the Brazilian Northeast, have been used as supporting references. Finally, the results showed that, to combat the drought problem, there is no need to alter and destroy a great part of a biome and incur in activities that will generate massive losses of millions of reais.