Percepção dos alagamentos urbanos por alunos da 1º série do ensino médio de uma instituição federal de ensino no município de Floriano-PI

Abstract

Due to the urban development of the city of Floriano, an increase in the frequency of flood notifications has been noticed in the city center and in the riverside region. Given this, we sought to understand students' perceptions of these adverse events, the reasons and what can be done to reduce these problems in the city. To this end, two questionnaires were applied to collect data from 1st grade high school students at the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI), Campus Floriano. In the first questionnaire it was clear that they have doubts regarding the concepts that differentiate natural disasters related to rain. Most students know the main factor that causes these events, but ignore other reasons. After this questionnaire, an expository class was held to address and differentiate the concepts of flooding, floods, floods and floods, as well as analyzing the main flooding points in the city of Floriano. It was evident, through the questionnaire with subjective questions, that the students understood what was exposed in the presentation and understood that public policies aim to seek the population's rights in the face of these events. They also attributed co-responsibility for flooding episodes with public authorities and pollution caused by citizens and realized that with small actions it is possible to prevent the occurrence of urban flooding. In this way, the research demonstrates that it is necessary to invest in changing the mentality of our children and adolescents to seek new paths that guarantee the sustainability of the environment in which they live and the planet as a whole.