PERCEPTION ABOUT TECHNOLOGICAL, SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS OF THE LOWER SÃO FRANCISCO / SE

Resumo

In the present study, we studied the relationships between indicators of sustainable technologies, through environmental factors in the river tourism, with the objective of showing the applicability of the PIER method to understand the environmental impacts caused by river tourism in the mouth of São Francisco River. A bibliographical research was carried out from secondary information obtained in journals, dissertations, local or regional newspapers and other references and the knowledge acquired by the observations made during local visits. In addition, to achieve the objective of this research, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) methodology was used to construct a matrix of indicators, by the PEIR Matrix - Pressure, State, Impact and Response that organizes and groups in a logical way environmental factors and existing sustainable technologies that minimize environmental impacts. As a result, the construction of sustainable technological indicators and Indicators of Pressure / State / Impact / Response - PEI / ER, related to the environmental impacts caused by river tourism in the São Francisco River/PEI/ ER.