Crescimento urbano de Alagoa Grande 15 anos após rompimento da Barragem Hídrica do Camará

Abstract

The present work is based on an urban analysis of the city of Alagoa Grande-PB, the same one that suffered with the occurrence of an environmental disaster caused by the rupture of the Camará Dam in 2004, it has been presenting years, a significant transformation in its landscape. The research has as main objective, to describe the several modifications that took place in the scope of the city, for that it was used the following methodological procedures: unstructured interview, as a way to understand the space from the perception of the inhabitants themselves about the transformations in their City; bibliographical survey to learn about the formation of the urban space of Alagoa Grande and, finally, field visits to conduct photographic analysis of the places most affected and destroyed by the force of water from the rupture of the dam. As a result, the study exposes a photographic analysis of the urban area of the city, where it is possible to understand the various physical changes in its space caused by the replacement of old properties, by the insertion of new elements in different points of the city, which has also been changing , constantly, the dynamics and daily life of its inhabitants. Therefore, it is possible to understand that, although the city has suffered significantly from the environmental disaster, which affected a large part of the population, several interventions in its urban space, both by public and private agents, were responsible for the reconstruction and expansion of the area. city, as well as its economic and social development.