Environmental perception and mining in the urban area of Jaguariuna, SP / Percepção ambiental e mineração na area urbana de Jaguariuna, SP

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

Mining is an important industry for developing countries. Minerals used in the construction industry, such as crushed rock, stand out because of their great demand, due to the increasing urbanization. Nevertheless, the coexistence of this kind of mining with the social, physical and biological media has not been peaceful, as they are generally located in the neighbourhood of urban centres, due to their low aggregate value. In these locations, there are frequently communities worried about the pollution generated. Therefore, the availability of mineral deposits in urban centres is reducing, due mainly to the lack of planning of the urban growth, competition with other uses land uses and greater environmental requirements. In Jaguariúna, SP, there is a conflict among a quarry, a residential neighbourhood and public institutions. Inhabitants of this neighbourhood are disturbed by the company s activities, despite the fact that the quarry is trying to operate adequately and to adjust itself to the environmental laws. Using theories of environmental perception and a conceptual model that allows an integrate analysis of the social and ecological systems, to comprehend their interaction in the urban environment, the conflict was studied by verifying how the surrounding population perceives the company, its impacts and the attitudes of the authorities towards the problem. It was found that the population has preconception in relation to the mining activity, originated by the past of wrong operation of the quarry and by the lack of its involvement with the community. Apart from that, it was checked that the inhabitants have erroneous judgements related to the impacts provoked by the quarry, which reveals a lack of information about the activity of crushed rock extraction. Another important fact was the observation that people are poorly informed about which environmental public institutions they should contact to complain about the company, as the majority of the complaints was or would be directed to the city hall, not to CETESB. At last, after pointing out the actors involved in the problem and their responsibilities, the conceptual model was applied, for a better identification of how the variables interact between each other, allowing a clearer visualization of the solutions and proposals of actions for these actors

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urban area geografia planejamento urbano - jaguariuna (sp) analise ambiental environmental perception solo - uso risk perception mapeamento do meio ambiente mining

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