Análise da qualidade ambiental urbana de Teresina-PI a partir de indicadores ambientais

Abstract

Environmental Quality is part of all urban environments and aims to order human activities so they do not harm the environment. Teresina, the capital of Piauí, Brazil, was the first planned city in the country and, for that reason, should have had an adequate structure to fulfil the population’s needs, but the capital is not included in this reality and the uncontrolled urbanization harms the stability and environmental quality of the city. This research sought to know the city's Urban Environmental Quality Index (UEQI) by selecting environmental quality indicators according to its environmental scenario. In order to be analyzed, positive and negative points were attributed to each indicator and the calculation of the Index was elaborated through the final sum of the results achieved by each one. The selected indicators were related to solid waste, air, water and health and after its analysis it was concluded that the UEQI of Teresina is considered Regular, this implies that there is still a long way to go for the capital to achieve an appropriate Index.