Environmental Zoning as a Strategic Instrument for the Municipal Management in the Vale do Açu Micro-region (RN-BRAZIL).

Authors

  • Ana Katarina Oliveira Aragao Professor at the School of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the University Potiguar - RN.
  • Magdi Ahmed Ibrahim Aloufa Professor, Department of Botany, Ecology and Zoology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
  • Juliana da Silva Ibiapina Cavalcante Technologist in Environmental Management, Master in Development and Environment at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
  • Diógenes Félix da Silva Costa Professor, Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - Campus Caicó.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2014v23n2p95

Keywords:

Semiarid, Floodplain, Environmental degradation, Public policy

Abstract

The environmental zoning is a strategic planning tool, allowing the feasibility of including the environmental variable at different stages of the decision-making process. This research aims to present a strategy for Environmental Zoning as a tool for planning at the municipal and the micro-region levels, starting from the homogeneous micro-region of Vale do Açu as an experimental area. As a result, it was found that the municipalities in the micro-region of Vale do Açu present a stage of severe degradation, mainly driven by oil and ceramist activities, plant extraction and shrimp farming. Aiming to manage the planning and management actions of the natural resources at a municipal level, we propose the delimitation of three key areas, considering the analysis of the use and land covering as a starting point: 1) Restricted-use zone, 2) Risk zone and 3) Environmental recovery zone. We conclude that, at the current landscape situation regarding the occupation of the Piranhas-Açu river banks, an immediate decision-making is needed with actions aimed at the environmental regeneration of the degraded areas, as well as at the densification of the flora in the native vegetation areas which have been already impacted.

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Author Biographies

Ana Katarina Oliveira Aragao, Professor at the School of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the University Potiguar - RN.

Agronomist, Master in Development and Environment at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Professor School of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the University Potiguar - RN.

Magdi Ahmed Ibrahim Aloufa, Professor, Department of Botany, Ecology and Zoology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

Agronomist, Post PhD in Biological Sciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Professor, Department of Botany, Ecology and Zoology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

Juliana da Silva Ibiapina Cavalcante, Technologist in Environmental Management, Master in Development and Environment at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

Technologist in Environmental Management, Master in Development and Environment at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

Diógenes Félix da Silva Costa, Professor, Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - Campus Caicó.

Geographer, Doctor of Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management from the University of Aveiro, Professor, Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - Campus Caicó.

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Published

2022-09-21

How to Cite

Oliveira Aragao, A. K., Ibrahim Aloufa, M. A., Ibiapina Cavalcante, J. da S., & da Silva Costa, D. F. (2022). Environmental Zoning as a Strategic Instrument for the Municipal Management in the Vale do Açu Micro-region (RN-BRAZIL). Geografia (Londrina), 23(2), 95–112. https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2014v23n2p95

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2014)

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