Índice de Avaliação do Desempenho Hídrico - IADH: contribuição ao desenvolvimento de cidades sustentáveis

Abstract

Managing urban waters in a sustainable way has been a challenge for urban planners all over the world. The search of alternatives that allow good interaction between cities, population and water courses is emergent. In an attempt to evaluate this systematics, some of the most widespread Environmental Certifications worldwide have been developing sustainability certificates that are appropriate to the urban context. However, these certifications do not address water issues in a specific way, as they assess urban sustainability in it´s most varied aspects. With the objective of elaborating the Water Performance Index - IADH, based on the evaluation criteria present in the Environmental Certifications, aiming the development of Sustainable Cities, this research is justified by the lack of existing Environmental Certifications regarding the evaluation of the urban water performance. In addition, the sustainable management of water resources is an emergent need in Brazilian cities. For this, a study case was carried out in some sectors of the urban area in the city of Sapiranga / RS, whose results met the assumptions of the analysis. However, some of the evaluation criteria were not verified, as they were not part of the analyzed urban context, pointing to a reality that is inconsistent with the context of Sustainable Development.