ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ARISING FROM THE INSTALLATION OF THE RING ROAD IN THE PERIURBAN AREA OF TERESINA- PI

Abstract

The implementation of roadworks, considering its extension and all the processes involved in its execution (including the aspects associated with installation, elaboration and layout definition) must be aligned with the process of environmental licensing and analysis of the changes in the environment, as well as to contemplate the social changes caused by such intervention. Thus, the present study aimed to discuss how the implementation process of the ring road in Teresina has caused changes in the environment, and how it has affected the rural settlements located around the roadwork. To achieve the objective proposed, a dialectical perspective was used as foundation, which was based not only on the mutual relations of different phenomena examined, but also through their transformations and development. Therefore, the basis for the discussions had as theoretical support the data collected in bibliographic and documentary research, as well as field visits made to rural settlements. The spatial representation of the studied phenomena was performed through the production of thematic maps and photographic records. Having the roadwork as a parameter, it was noticed the lack of attention regarding the compliance of legal regulations and deficiencies in the evaluation studies that were carried out, thus leading to situations of conflict and environmental imbalance.