The Icapuí coast aquifer, Ceará, Brazil: a proposal for environmental evaluation

Abstract

The city of Icapuí, located in the eastern side of the coast of the State of Ceará, northeastern Brazil, it was classified in the last the ZEE, like as an area of ecological interest in the region and, also, it doubled the Human Development Index (IDH) in the last two decades. It has a economically active population to around 70%, and than, more 90% of these are involved with the production chain of the lobster. It is economic activities high performance, for example, community tourism, agriculture and aquaculture. In this study, we seek to subsidize public policy actions, through aquifer vulnerability studies, aimed at improving the living conditions and valuation of natural resources. After by constructing an environmental impact assessment matrix for this aquifer, and, adding intangible values that biodiversity has for this matrix, it was concluded that, this natural wealth more the people knowledge, will can be better used, since that, the Governement, and Private Companies, it was can going to increase participation, like, for example, providing to lines of more specific credits and the presence of specialized consultants. Such observations and suggestions, duly studied and implemented, would allow for the growth of the locality, without losing the status of the friendly environmental region.