Inundações na cidade de Sousa - PB: o caso do Bairro Guanabara.

Abstract

This paper studies the urban growth and the occupation of marginal areas, the Rio do Peixe, in particular the Guanabara neighborhood in the city of Sousa-PB. This occupation behind a lot of discomfort for the population living in these areas, because when there are long periods of rainfall the river waters invade their homes. So the government takes action to provide its community assistance services. The research aims to analyze the urban growth of the city, to understand the reasons that led people to reside in hazardous locations. To this end, the methodological procedures that helped the study took place in an orderly way with the literature review, research and observations in the field and the record of the information obtained. Therefore, we understand that the city grew because of the iron line, then the asphalt and so on. But what keeps people in these locations is the identity that they have with their place of origin. And also, we show that the government carries out interim and permanent measures