Análise dos condicionantes das inundações do rio Sesmaria, em Resende/RJ

Abstract

The process of urbanization and demographic development which most Brazilian cities are facing, disorganized, ends up generating very negative consequences for its inhabitants. The lack of a planning model aimed at occupying the population in flood plains for example, makes it the biggest victim of flooding that is recurrent in most cities. The floods of the Sesmaria River are old, however, has been intensifying over the years due to the strong urban growth that Resende has been facing since the 1940s. To understand such events, this dissertation had as main objective is to analyze the factors that contribute directly and / or indirectly to the occurrence or flooding of the Sesmaria River. The elaboration of land use and land cover maps showed the profound transformations that the region has been experiencing over the past 30 years. Such assessments were of extreme importance to understand how the basin has been responding to regional economic transformations and how all this has interfered in the relationship between society and floods.