River Dredging

When the Public Power Ignors the Causes, Biodiversity and Science

Bibliographic Data

ID4831388
AuthorsWelber Senteio Smith (0000-0001-9803-7394, Universidade Paulista), Fábio Leandro Da Silva (0000-0001-6002-9030, São Paulo University, Brazil), Renata Cassemiro Biagioni (0000-0003-3906-0177, Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Year2019
Volume22
Issue0
Publication date2019-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc0057r1vu19l1ao
OpenAlexW2943861721
SciELOS1414-753X2019000100302
LanguageEN
References cited37

The river siltingis usually solved by dredging the sediment deposited in its bed, employing many techniques. In dealing with a concrete case, the objective is to expose the technical criteria lack for the execution of such intervention, the impacts to the river, aquatic biota and its real need. Here aspects of the dissociation between consecrated understandings in the engineering and their mismatch with the ecological theories are presented. This work aimed to study urban floods, elucidating their causes, to propose measures and new technologies to deal with them, through programs and urban policies. The intention is to detail the causes of urban floods, understanding the factors involved and with that, discuss how the public power should proceed in what refers to the dredging. The main objective of this work is to stimulate the incorporation of urban rivers into ecological studies and to draw public attention to this issue

Biodiversity · Biota · Dredging · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Stormwater Management Solutions · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation · Ecology

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