Conflitos socioambientais em áreas urbanas: o caso da Lagoa Doce no bairro Jabotiana, em Aracaju/SE

Abstract

The Jabotiana neighborhood, which has experienced the most significant urban growth in Aracaju/SE, has been one of the areas most impacted by construction companies in recent years. The unplanned environmental growth has led to a series of socio environmental conflicts, such as the filling of lagoons, deforestation, loss of territories by certain communities, destruction of mangroves, soil and water pollution, among others. This is compounded by high socio-spatial segregation and the impacts caused by the filling of one of the last lagoons in the neighborhood, known as Lagoa Doce, to make way for the installation of a Sewage Treatment Plant (ETE). In this context, the research was divided into four articles, with the general objective of analyzing the socio-environmental conflicts and their consequences in the Lagoa Doce area of the Jabotiana neighborhood in Aracaju/SE. The study area was chosen due to the scarcity of research focused on lagoons in Aracaju, particularly Lagoa Doce, and because the filling occurred in 2019, the same year as a major flood in the studied area. To conduct this research, the following steps were taken: a literature review, technical visits with on-site photography, semi-structured interviews with the community and public authorities, as well as data systematization based on interviews with residents. Given the above, this research presented perceptions analyzed using the Iramuteq software and raised awareness about the ongoing loss of lagoons in Aracaju's neighborhoods and the consequences of these losses for the environment and society. Therefore, it is concluded that it is important to emphasize the need for more research to be conducted on lagoons to strengthen the understanding of the importance of these areas that should be preserved, starting with the commitment of public authorities and the entire civil society.