Resumo:
The projects of public managers for works to improve the infrastructure of urban space have
been characterized by the use of civil construction techniques, such as, for example, asphaltic
paving of streets, including increasingly in small municipalities. These decision-making
processes are most often carried out without proper management/supervision of public
resources employed, with a lack of appropriate urban planning techniques added to the lack
of projects to mitigate impacts resulting from the execution of works. In 2020, the public
management of the city of Inconfidentes-MG, carried out paving works, notably without a
prior technical study, with the use of asphalt coating in parts of the streets, including in areas
considered at risk located in the identified parts with less slope and that historically, it already
had records of urban floods, with residences very close to the banks of the Moji-Guaçu River,
a watercourse that runs through the region and runs throughout the city's urban perimeter.
Through analysis of satellite images, elaboration of thematic maps for the study area and
documentary research, the present study was able to find evidence that the use of asphalt
coating on the streets presented itself as a technique that did not bring significant apparent
benefits to the population, especially the population that is already in a situation of
vulnerability due to the proximity of their homes to the banks of the river.
