摘要：This paper is about the conflict originated by the water and land its impacts on the economy and environment of the central region of Paraiba State. It overviews the state policies involving land reform and irrigation as an element to control population flows. The methodology chosen was to study irrigation projects in the cities of Condado and Santa Helena by means of investigation in loco (questionnaires and interviews) and of indirect analysis done between October and December of 2003. The paper is organized in five sections: introduction, methodology, social conflicts and public politics involving agrarian reform and irrigation at Northwest Region and at State of Paraiba; characterization of the regions studied and the local’s social conflicts. The main conclusions in this paper indicate that: a) there is water and land concentration in both cities studied; b) those regions suffer social and economic consequences as a reflection of environmental degradation and emigration; c) there is a negative effect linking inefficient allocation of naturals resources, available at the areas studied, and the growth of the risk groups on the outskirts of big cities, where people emigrating from the central region of Paraiba go to; d) a small number of those people have found a job in the formal labor market.
其他摘要：This paper is about the conflict originated by the water and landits impacts on the economy and environment of the central region of Paraiba State. It overviews the state policies involving land reform and irrigation as an element to control population flows. The methodology chosen was to study irrigation projects in the cities of Condado and Santa Helena by means of investigation in loco (questionnaires and interviews) and of indirect analysisdone between October and December of 2003. The paper is organized in five sections: introduction, methodology, social conflicts and public politics involving agrarian reform and irrigation at Northwest Region and at State of Paraiba;characterization of the regions studied and the local’s social conflicts. The main conclusions in this paper indicate that: a) there is water and land concentration in both cities studied; b) those regions suffer social and economic consequencesas a reflection of environmental degradation and emigration; c) there is a negative effect linking inefficient allocation of naturals resources, available at the areas studied, and the growth of the risk groups on the outskirts of big cities, where people emigrating from the central region of Paraiba go to; d) a small number ofthose people have found a job in the formal labor market.
关键词：population dynamism;natural resources;risk groups;public policy;dinâmica populacional;recursos ambientais;grupos de risco;políticas públicas
