RISK OF WATER SHORTAGE IN THE WEST REGION OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26895/geosaberes.v11i0.1074

Abstract

The present work is part of a doctoral thesis, which aims to analyse the risk of water shortages in Rio Grande do Norte (RN) using the Water Shortages Risk Index (IRDH) as reference. This research is ushered by the hypothesis that the relationship among some factors (environment, infrastructure, socioeconomic status and state planning) produces territories at risk of water shortages in the State. In this context, in a systemic perspective the index was structured: 19 variables, which correspond to 4 indicators inherent to this hypothesis present factors, were taken into consideration. This work presents the IRDH that belongs to the west water supply region in Rio Grande do Norte. There are 16 municipality in that region, six of them were classified at 'high risk' of water shortages; seven at ‘medium risk’; and three considered at 'low risk' according to the IRDH classification.

Author Biographies

Adriano Lima Troleis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil

Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

Yuri Marques de Macedo, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil

PhD student in Geography at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and Professor at the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN).

Vinnícius Vale Dionízio França, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil

Geographer from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

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24/08/2020
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TROLEIS, Adriano Lima; MACEDO, Yuri Marques de; FRANÇA, Vinnícius Vale Dionízio. RISK OF WATER SHORTAGE IN THE WEST REGION OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL. Geosaberes, Fortaleza, v. 11, p. 532 - 550, aug. 2020. ISSN 2178-0463. Available at: <http://www.geosaberes.ufc.br/geosaberes/article/view/1074>. Date accessed: 23 may 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.26895/geosaberes.v11i0.1074.
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