Environmental Perception of the São Francisco Riverine Population in Regards to Flood Impact

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ID5219159
AutoresFrancisco Sandro Rodrigues Holanda (0000-0001-6812-6679, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão , Sergipe, Brasil, 490100-000), Suzete Silva Ismerim (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão , Sergipe, Brasil, 490100-000), Igor Pinheiro Da Rocha (0000-0003-2422-8432, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão , Sergipe, Brasil, 490100-000), Alysson Santos De Jesus (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão , Sergipe, Brasil, 490100-000), Renisson Neponuceno De Araujo Filho (0000-0002-9747-1276, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão , Sergipe, Brasil, 490100-000), Arisvaldo Vieira De Mello Júnior (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão , Sergipe, Brasil, 490100-000)
Año2009
Volumen28
Número1
Páginas37-46
Fecha de publicación2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
EditorialKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2009.11906216
OpenAlexW302536442
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas3

The São Francisco river discharge regularization, which regulates floods on the riverine population land, has promoted changes in land use associated to the implementation of irrigated areas, leading to a destruction of natural riverbank vegetation and an increase in soil and bank erosion. Past river and land use involved fishermen and landholders in a complex relationship which provided for the practice of both activities: fishing and agriculture, without any constraint. The objective of this work was to understand and analytically interpret the perception of the riverine population regarding the natural or artificial floods caused by the operation of dams in the São Francisco River Basin, in its lower course. A survey related to the perception of the riverine population concerning to flood occurrences at the lower Sao Francisco river municipalities was carried out, especially in regards to the 2004 flood, with the evaluation of the produced externalities through intentional and non-probabilistic questionnaires. To the riverine population, natural floods were always historically recognized as being positive, with the practice of agriculture on the flooded lands possible and also working as a nursery area for fish, promoting the local biodiversity conservation. With the river discharge regularization throughout the year, a decrease of fish quantity, biodiversity, and waterlogged land farming (marginal lagoon) was reported. The social and environmental costs resulting from the policies of development in the São Francisco River Basin were not considered by the policymakers

Agriculture · Biodiversity · Cartography · Drainage basin · Fishery · Fishing · Flood myth · Geography · Land use · Population · Water resource management · Environmental Science · Environmental Sustainability and Education · Fish biology, ecology, and behavior · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Ecology