Conflitos por recursos hídricos na região beneficiada pelo eixo leste do PISF na Paraíba e sua análise a partir do princípio da redução das desigualdades regionais e sociais

Abstract

This work consists of a study on the extent to which irrigated agriculture, based on the water resources coming from the São Francisco River, can promote the constitutional principle of reducing regional and social inequalities. For this, a research was done on the economic history of the Northeast region of Brazil and its influence for the formulation of public policies and legislation related to the themes of drought and regional development. Also, a study was made on the multiple uses of water resources, some of the different uses intended for water resources from the transposition were described in the paper, with emphasis on irrigation, not to mention human consumption, animal, industrial, trade, diffuse uses of the rural population, etc. Finally, it was studied the conflicts over water resources that occur in the region benefited by the transposition works, for example, the example of the Campina Grande region was shown. The research was based on a bibliographic study of the topic and legal analysis on the subject.