As relações da agenda nacional de qualidade ambiental urbana com as politicas públicas de saneamento na cidade de Patos/PB

Abstract

Ensuring adequate sanitary conditions in urban centers has become essential for the quality of urban life. However, the reality faced by a portion of the Brazilian population portrays worrying scenarios regarding urban planning and unhealthy scenarios, leading to the elaboration of the National Agenda for Urban Environmental Quality (ANQAU), in the adoption of guiding axes in public policies and strategic actions that aim to ensure a satisfactory quality of urban life in Brazilian cities. Thus, the objective of this research is to analyze the relations between ANQAU and public policies for basic sanitation in the city of Patos (PB). For this, the present research consisted of a descriptive and exploratory study, having a qualitative-quantitative approach, which uses bibliographic and documentary sources, being a case study. In the use of secondary data, on-site visits, application of Environmental Checklist by the interaction matrix method, use of georeferencing tools and photographic records. From the results obtained in the study, it is concluded that the sanitation policies of the city of Patos (PB) are not disseminated and implemented in an adequate way in the actions and strategies in view of the municipal management and the needs of the population, as well as there is no inclusion of the thematic axes of the National Agenda for Urban Environmental Quality (ANQAU), resulting in precarious urban sanitary situations, which cause negative impacts on the economy, public health and the environment, including: presence of open sewage and unpleasant odors, landscape alteration, respiratory problems arising from air pollution, soil pollution, ecosystem imbalance and a significant degree of sanitary and socio-environmental vulnerability to the population in the urban area. Therefore, it is noteworthy that once ANQUA is adopted, as an instrument of urban management, it would lead to touching axes in public policies and management of urban centers to guarantee urban life, decent housing conditions and ecological balance.