Socio-environmental Quality Index as an instrument for evaluating and promoting actions for sustainable development in the municipality of Ilha Grande, Litoral Piauí

Abstract

The process of occupation of the Brazilian coast in a disorganized way causes the lack of sanitation, pollution and soil degradation, directly affecting issues such as mobility and safety, therefore, the objective was to elaborate the socioenvironmental quality index and propose environmental planning actions based on the Sustainable Development Goals in the city of Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel, Parnaíba, Piauí. The methodology addresses the information contained in the literature and actions taken by the municipality to meet urban planning, with a quali-quantification method applying the adapted Socioenvironmental Quality Index, in the evaluation of the quality index expressed by the multi-criteria evaluation of different socio-environmental indicators included in the Housing Quality Index and Social Insertion Index. The results demonstrate a low coverage of basic sanitation and inefficiency in solid waste management, the adoption of the UN's sustainable development goals, but with outdated public policies that do not aim at environmental education. In general, the socioenvironmental quality index proved to be regular. It was concluded that a dialogue between civil society and the government is necessary to improve the environmental quality indices of the municipality.