Configuração socioambiental do município de Paripiranga/BA

Abstract

The geo-environmental field plays a significant role in understanding and managing environmental impacts, seeking to balance human development with the preservation of natural resources by integrating knowledge of geology, pedology, climatology, and hydrology, allowing for the analysis of natural processes and anthropogenic interference through land use and occupation. The area under analysis is the municipal base of Paripiranga/BA, located in the semiarid region of Bahia, which is justified by the challenges related to potential and adverse constraints, episodes of water scarcity, and impacts generated by the expansion of agricultural activities. The main objective is to analyze socioenvironmental components and interactions, with an emphasis on environmental fragility, considering it essential to analyze the potential and possible levels of environmental fragility. It is based on the geosystemic methodology, which assesses the interaction of the physical components of the landscape, added to Jurandyr Ross's methodological model, which helps to identify vulnerable areas, where the results are aligned with the integrated discussion between the socioenvironmental components, arguing mainly about more appropriate management strategies. In the analysis, the fragility is justified by the insertion in the caatinga biome, with shrub and tree vegetation in a state of suppression, a predominantly semi-arid climate with scarce and irregular rainfall, gentle to rugged geomorphology cut by river valleys, shallow soils, and intense erosion. Land occupation processes highlight inappropriate use, where modernized productive activities coexist with traditional practices, combined with urban expansion, leading to vulnerability in the rural and urban populations. In addition, the study serves as a knowledge tool for the local community and can be used as a reference in municipal management and planning.