Dona Marta Community: socio-environmental and economic conditions

Abstract

Dona Marta community, part of the Botafogo neighborhood, south of Rio de Janeiro, suffered a disorderly process of urban occupation, which led to environmental degradation, resulting from strong urban densification. This study proposes to diagnose degradation, vulnerability, and urban risk in Dona Marta community, to suggest actions to minimize environmental impacts. However, he emphasized the waterproofing of the soil, the increase in critical areas for the occurrence of floods and landslides with the consequent socio-environmental impacts, he indicated the risk that the release of debris on the slopes represents for the population and contributed to visual degradation, requiring a greater presence of power public in the Community. The results showed that precarious housing conditions in occupations and peripheral subdivisions increase the urban infrastructure deficit; Its location in risk areas and ravines multiply predatory conditions for existing urbanization and its environmental degradation impact. Consecutively, the negative impacts of socio-environmental problems resulting mainly from the precariousness of services and the omission of public authorities on the population's living conditions, also omission reflexes of the residents themselves, point to the test of aspects of collective interest. Finally, given this scenario, the study concluded the need to rationalize land use in the region, in order to protect inhabitants against possible accidents and contribute to architectural enhancement and quality of life.