Inactive oil and gas wells in an urban environment: Potential arbovirus proliferators in mossoró / rn

Abstract

The reflexes and understanding of land use and occupation in areas of inactive oil and gas wells in the urban perimeter, in view of their socio-spatial interaction, is of paramount importance in view of possible health and environmental consequences in their different contexts, thus constituting the focus. this article. The study seeks to analyze the presence of inactive oil and gas wells in the urban perimeter of Mossoró/RN as a potential proliferator of arboviral mosquitoes, encompassing analyzes of the use and occupation classes of the city subject to influence from these locations. This research has its technical instrument based on remote sensing techniques, which through Geographic Information Systems-GIS, allowed the generation of georeferenced and spatialized landscape information through maps with interference buffers to the urban land use classes. pointing out the risk of arboreal breeding (Zika, Chicungunya and Dengue) breeding sites in the areas of inactive oil and gas wells. The results show that the residential, commercial and service use class has the highest occupancy (50.3%) in the spaces that are susceptible to the influence of arboviral vectors from the inactive well areas. It is hoped that the work can assist the municipality in the organization and planning of strategies to combat arboviruses breeding areas of inactive oil and gas wells in the urban area of Mossoró/RN.