Social Technologies and living with semiarid: A relationship between the States of Alagoas and Sergipe / Brazil

Abstract

The present work aims to map the Social Technologies used to live with the semiarid in the states of Alagoas and Sergipe, since both states are areas characterized by water insufficiency, and these technological innovations have been presented as conditions that help in the social improvement and water sustainability. The methodological procedures adopted were documentary analysis of reports presented by public and private agencies and entities that have works and actions in the implementation of the TS in the municipalities affected by drought. Studies show that in the Alagoas semiarid there is a higher concentration of social technologies deployed in relation to the Sergipan semiarid, being the plate cistern, polyethylene cistern, boardwalk cistern and dams the technologies most used by the population that aims to improve the quality of life and that ensures water sustainability.