“Walking through the sertões”: mobility intentions in urban areas against the droughts in the Seridó Potiguar

Abstract. Through a urban home survey in 2017 in Seridó Potiguar (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), this article seeks to understand how the intention of mobility can differ among individuals, as well as in the face of attributions such as his experience of mobility, sex and age. The database is based probability sampling in three stages and representative for the Seridó Potiguar urban population. The data analyses consists of descriptive statistics and Qui-square test. The main results show that individuals who travel longer distances consider mobility due to longer distances consider mobility due to drought more than the other groups and greater proportion of individuals intending to move in the age groups of 20-24 and 25-34 years. This study contributes to the literature by providing an analysis about mobility intent and your determinants such as the length of time the individual stays away from their usual residence.