Rios urbanos do município de Salvador e o direito à cidade saudável

Abstract

This work had as its theme the relation of the urban rivers of the Municipality of Salvador and the construction of the concept of Right to the Healthy City. The world is increasingly urban and the city is the scene of interactions between services, activities, institutions and society. The right to the city was conceived as a way of transforming the cities in such a way as to make them inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, from the citizens; it is the transindividual right and is the expression of citizenship; human rights and fundamental rights are already recognized and emerging. Over the years, a new public health perspective emerges to recognize the various aspects that contribute to or harm the physical and mental integrity of people, including the socioenvironmental conditions in which they live. Water is a natural resource essential to the healthy quality of life and is related to the development of cities. In the territory of Salvador there are several rivers scattered throughout the city, including 12 river basins and 9 natural drainage basins. It happens that most of the bodies of water existing in the Soteropolitan capital is polluted, which causes risks to the physical and mental integrity of the citizens. To achieve the ecologically balanced environment, natural resources in cities must be protected and recovered through public policies that promote environmental health, and in this sense, it is necessary to involve all citizens in the search for the recovery of urban rivers of Salvador, as it will benefit urban living conditions for present and future generations. The Right to Healthy City reflects the citizen's struggle for a sustainable and ecologically balanced city that guarantees the well-being of its inhabitants and enables the full development of their potentialities.