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The urban sprawl and environmental conflict: brief description of the problem of Mossoró, RN (Brazil)

The Natural environments are constantly transformed and used for the expansion and urbanization processes, for the creation of artificial environments; it occurs in urban soils strong social and environmental implications that directly affect to the situations of risk and vulnerability. This brings up the importance of studying, conceptualizing and characterizing the relationship of the urban environment, more specifically the city of Mossoró (RN). Importantly, the city has a great potential for economic development with the interaction between elements of various economic areas, the same as in recent years has been going through a time of great dynamism in the process of occupation of urban space and therefore various issues and impacts of this process of urban sprawl. Where it suggests the use of public and social pol icies, with greater effectiveness in monitoring actions, enforcement and punishment processes and activities that may compromise the quality of the municipality socio-environmental, addition to the participation of society, and yet the need to be prepared the economic zoning of the municipality that will serve as an instrument of regional planning and assisting in planning.

Urban Land; Expansion; Vulnerability; Zoning


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