Uso e ocupação do solo e impactos ambientais no médio curso da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Potengi/RN

Abstract

The present work addresses the landscape in the middle course of the river basin Potengi/RN based on the use and occupation of the soil, for the purpose of subsidizing the environmental planning and management of the portion of the basin. Due to urban/population growth, the use of natural resources, mainly water, has been taking place in an indiscriminate and poorly managed manner, bringing about various environmental impacts and making it impossible to use it in the future.To add to the resolution or mitigation of this and so many other problems, the gen eral objective is to analyze the dimension of the use and occupation and the impacts cau sed by the inadequate handling of natural resources in the MCBHRP. With regard to methodologies, use the Geoecology of the Landscapes as an instrument to subsidize the formulation of diagnoses, corrective and/or preventive actions that end up guaranteeing sustainable development. The uses identified and interpreted as being more frequent are agricultural areas, livestock, plant cover, urban areas and water resources. In addition to the different features, the potentialities and limitations, as well as the support capacity, of all the features present in the work were also identified. It has been possible to draw up management strategies which are necessary to improve the use of the basin's resources and thus ensure a dynamic and sustainable balance.