O RIACHO PAJEÚ E A CIDADE: ANÁLISE DA INFLUÊNCIA ANTRÓPICA NO CURSO DE UM RIO URBANO EM FORTALEZA, CEARÁ

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the relationship of Riacho Pajeú in the context of the urban landscape of the city of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, seeking to understand the complex anthropic interactions with the layout of the creek in its 4,714.50 meters officially recognized, since the its source in the neighborhood of Aldeota until its mouth on the coast of the central region of the city, as well as the way of living of its inhabitants with this relevant water resource. For that, cartographic and remote sensing records were analyzed, trying to identify the degree of degradation of its original course during the process of urbanization of the City, through the systematization of the analysis of the images obtained. At the end, a summary image of the route of the Pajeú Stream is presented today, exposing the condition of “invisibility” of the referred water course in the context of the urbanization process of the central area of ​​Fortaleza, despite its environmental and historical importance.