Ocupações irregulares no meio urbano: um estudo socioambiental para um núcleo habitacional irregular no município de Caxias do Sul/RS

Abstract

The search for a better quality of life's perspective effort strong attraction in populations with lower purchasing power and it also promotes bigger occupation at cities' urban areas. For that matter and by the lack in urban planning, cities expanded quickly and in a disorderly way which makes the urban space not enjoyed equally by the entire population, resulting in irregular occupations. As a problem, the objective of this study is to analyze in a socioenvironmental way an irregular housing occupation in the city of Caxias do Sul / RS. The tools to achieve the results of this study were carried out on site visits to the area, Geographic Information Systems (GISs) for thematic mapping and environmental impact assessment methods - Chart Overlay and Leopold Matrix. GISs provide to be a useful and effective tool in the spatial analyzes performed and the impact assessment methods were consistent with the direct observations. As a result, the main problems found in the study area are related to basic sanitation, social vulnerability of the resident population and in the lack of the city about mapping this problems in order to have data about the main risk sectors, proving that the city has public policies but in a deficit way. Based on the results, socioenvironmental improvements were proposed for the study area aiming a better life's quality for the population and the minimization of environmental impacts.(sic)