A construção da barragem de atalaia e os impactos sobre as comunidades atingidas do município de Sebastião Barros - PI

Abstract

The construction of dams for the purpose of storing water is seen as a work that, despite its advantages for needy or water-scarce regions, is responsible for impacts that modify the characteristics of the site, in addition to interfering and modifying the livelihoods of communities. occupying the flooded area. Thus the objective of this work is to identify the social impacts resulting from the construction of the Atalaia dam on the communities living in the area to be flooded in the municipality of Sebastião Barros - PI. Forced displacement of these communities leads to changes in the economic living space, creating new imbalances with often miscalculated externalities, where respondents disagree with the low compensation payments and the loss of the irreplaceable symbols and assets in the region that were responsible. by characterizing each residence or the communities that will cease to exist.