VULNERABILITY ASPECTS OF THE CORRENTE’S RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN

Abstract

The Basin of the Corrente River is a significant example of the environmental problems of the western Baiano basins. The growing economic development in that area is causing conflicts related to the irrigation demand of water and generation of electricity, adding to these issues the processes of environmental degradation. The purpose of this study is to considerer aspects of the vulnerability of the Basin, which plans to offer subsidies to strategies for its revitalization and integration in the production process of the Basin of São Francisco River. The landscape units - UIPs of the Corrente River basin were classified according to their degree of environmental vulnerability of the model of Ecodinâmica of Tricart, measured through the use of geoprocessing, which has an integrated analysis of the landscape. The environmental risks identified are spread by UIPs, they are classified into different degrees of vulnerability, and they reflect the actions relating to the production of regional space. The program and development projects located in that area, both the public as the private power, had not considered the relations society/environment, insisting most of them by exploratory activities clearly, without the consideration of studies on the ability of sustainability of regional ecosystems.