Abstract
The São Francisco River Integration Project is an infrastructure work conducted by the Brazilian federal government, aiming to guarantee water resources security to 390 municipalities, benefitting about 12 million people that suffer with water scarcity in one of the driest regions in the country. This work presents the method and tools used to evaluate land suitability for rural resettlement of displaced families. All with the intent of mitigating socioeconomic impacts for one of the annex channels in the main project axis, considering legal and technical criteria. Using geoprocessing tools, 4490 hectares of land were effectively identified as best suited for this purpose, helping public managers to promptly decide the adequate course of action
Highlights
Construction works generate negative social and environmental impacts, which can be eliminated, minimized and controlled by sound environmental management practices
Criteria and procedures for the relocation and resettlement of populations affected by infrastructure works
With the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the data were standardized to an uniform measurement scale, classes were defined, and a weighting established between variables, using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method proposed by Saaty
Summary
Construction works generate negative social and environmental impacts, which can be eliminated, minimized and controlled by sound environmental management practices. These actions and procedures maintain or improve local environmental quality and livelihoods, when performed adequately (Rios, 2014). Criteria and procedures for the relocation and resettlement of populations affected by infrastructure works. This was established by a work group formed by ministries (federal agencies), with public participation, and is applied by the Ministry of National Integration, which is responsible for the project
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