Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MicheleGC.pdf: 957133 bytes, checksum: 3f82c2cd5e4c535ca96fccdc49920053 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / The objective of the work was to investigate, from the vision of travel agents, the importance of environmental practices as a decision factor in the purchase of a tourist package. For in such a way, it was established as target population, the travel agencies and tourism linked to he Brazilian Association of Travel agencies ABAV, hearing the Brazilian travel agents that exerted the function in Natal, city in 2005. The election of the sample was accomplished using the simple random sampling technique. The amount of agents effectively searched was of 150 agents being distributed 150 questionnaires, with closed and opened questions, applied during the month of November in 2005. Results showed great variability of interviewed answers in that if it relates for sale of package tourist where the customer demonstrates enviromental concern with the environmental quality. Through multiple regression analyses, it was environmental concern with the environmental quality of the place and the perception of the practical importance of the existence environmental practices in the place as important factor in the decision of tourist package purchase / O objetivo do trabalho foi investigar, a partir da vis?o dos agentes de viagens, a import?ncia do emprego de pr?ticas ambientais como fator de decis?o de escolha de um pacote tur?stico. Para tanto foi estabelecida como popula??o alvo, as ag?ncias de viagens e turismo filiadas a Associa??o Brasileira de Ag?ncias de Viagens ABAV, tendo como amostra os agentes de viagens brasileiros que exerciam a fun??o na cidade de Natal em 2005. A sele??o da amostra foi efetivada utilizando-se a t?cnica de amostragem aleat?ria simples. A quantidade de agentes efetivamente pesquisados foi de 150 agentes sendo distribu?dos 150 question?rios, com perguntas fechadas e abertas, aplicados durante o m?s de novembro de 2005. Resultados mostraram grande variabilidade de respostas do entrevistado no que se refere ? venda de pacote tur?sticos onde o cliente demonstra a preocupa??o ambiental com a qualidade ambiental do local. Atrav?s de an?lises de regress?o m?ltipla, observou-se a exist?ncia de rela??o entre a venda de pacote tur?sticos onde o cliente demonstra a preocupa??o ambiental com a qualidade ambiental do local e a percep??o da import?ncia da exist?ncia de pr?ticas ambientais no local como fator importante na decis?o de compra de um pacote tur?stico

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FranciscoMAV.pdf: 1991792 bytes, checksum: 986804b5386d02957517c2f54109ce06 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / The natural resources degradation and its consequences to the society life have provided several discussions about the evaluation methods and environmental management, and the available means to minimize the effects of man s actions over the environment. Amongst these actions is the encouragement to the community participation in the process of carrying out the environmental programs, considering government and enterprises representatives or residents of certain places as social actors. Within these context, this paper had as a goal the investigation of the public participation in the environmental programs in areas that are susceptible to desertification, specificly in Parelhas/RN. The choice for this town was due to its insertion in an area considered as a desetification nucleous, which is, a region that suffers land degradation as a consequence of climate variations or human activities. Therefore, the research in question, of a descriptive and exploratory type, had as an instrument a structured questionnaire, applied to a sample of 223 people out of an 11,068 over 20 years of age residents population. The data have been tabled from Statistics for Windows Program and later interpreted based on the theoretical reference over the subject. As a result, corroborating to the literature of the area, it was found that the community participation in any type of action or debate about environmental questions is associated to the perception and knowledge about the problems. Although the people who were interviewed believe in the responsibility of the ceramic industry in causing environmental problems, they also believe that the benefits brought by the sector overcome such problems / A degrada??o dos recursos naturais e suas conseq??ncias para a vida da sociedade t?m gerado in?meras discuss?es a respeito dos m?todos de avalia??o e gest?o ambiental e dos meios dispon?veis para amenizar os efeitos das a??es do homem sobre o meio-ambiente. Entre essas a??es est? a de incentivar a participa??o da comunidade no processo de execu??o de programas ambientais, considerando representantes de governo e empresas ou moradores de determinadas localidades como atores sociais. Dentro desse contexto, este trabalho teve como objetivo a investiga??o da participa??o p?blica em programas ambientais voltados para as ?reas suscet?veis ? desertifica??o, especificamente em Parelhas/RN. A escolha deste munic?pio se deu em virtude da sua inser??o em ?rea denominada como n?cleo de desertifica??o, ou seja, regi?o com degrada??o de terras fruto de varia??es clim?ticas ou de atividades humanas. Sendo assim, a pesquisa em quest?o, do tipo descritivo e explorat?rio, teve como instrumento o question?rio do tipo estruturado, aplicado a uma amostra de 223 pessoas de uma popula??o de 11.068 habitantes acima de 20 anos de idade. Os dados foram tabulados a partir do Programa Statistics for Windows e posteriormente interpretados com base no referencial te?rico acerca do tema. Como resultado, corroborando com a literatura da ?rea, tem-se que a participa??o da comunidade em qualquer tipo de a??o ou debate a respeito de quest?es ambientais tem associa??o com percep??o e conhecimento acerca dos problemas. Apesar dos entrevistados acreditarem na responsabilidade das ind?strias de cer?mica em causar problemas ambientais, tamb?m acreditam que os benef?cios trazidos pelo setor superam tais problemas

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarliFFST.pdf: 2518265 bytes, checksum: 297d11db3cf3aac22fa25f256aaa15d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / Demand for organic foods within in Brazil are growing, characterizing itself for if constituting in a new strategical segment of commercialization. In this context, the objective of this research was to investigate the variables used by consumers in the purchase decision of organic products, aiming to characterize the level of competitiveness of these products, assisting in the creation of environmental strategies for the development of the activity and contributing in the increment of the knowledge about the subject, that can assist it in the increase of the commercialization and the consumption of these foods. From data collected in the city of Natal/RN, it was used a survey research, of exploratory and descriptive character. The sample was obtained using 401 questionnaires, in which was realized: the Test of Comparison of Averages, Descriptive analysis, analysis of Cluster and Qui-square. The results found in this study indicate that the main reasons for the organic food purchase are the absence of chemical pesticides in the product, followed by the care with own health and of the household. The main characteristics in the consumers of supermarkets, that are associates with purchase frequency of organic foods are the environmental behavior and lifestyle. Among the profile characteristics, gender, age and number of children are associates with the purchase frequency of these foods and the income and level education not showed association / A procura por alimentos org?nicos no Brasil vem crescendo, constituindo-se num novo segmento estrat?gico de comercializa??o. Nesse contexto, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar as vari?veis utilizadas pelos consumidores na decis?o de compra de produtos org?nicos, visando caracterizar o n?vel de competitividade desses produtos, auxiliando na cria??o de estrat?gias ambientais para o desenvolvimento da atividade e contribuindo para o incremento do conhecimento sobre o assunto que possa vir a auxiliar no aumento da comercializa??o e no consumo desses alimentos. A partir de dados coletados na cidade de Natal/RN, utilizou-se uma metodologia de pesquisa do tipo survey , de car?ter explorat?rio e descritivo. A amostra foi obtida atrav?s de 401 question?rios, nos quais foram realizados: o Teste de Compara??o de M?dias, an?lises Descritivas, an?lises de Cluster e de Qui-quadrado. Os resultados encontrados neste estudo indicam que os principais motivos para a compra de alimentos org?nicos s?o a aus?ncia de agrot?xicos no produto, seguido pelo cuidado com a pr?pria sa?de e de seus familiares. As principais caracter?sticas dos consumidores de supermercados, que est?o associados ? freq??ncia de compra de hortifruti org?nicos s?o o comportamento ambiental e estilo de vida. Dentre as caracter?sticas de perfil, g?nero, idade e n?mero de filhos est?o associados ? freq??ncia de compra desses alimentos e as vari?veis renda e escolaridade n?o apresentaram associa??o

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarioMOJ .pdf: 1010693 bytes, checksum: 3f37792d6827a713536702e9073989d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / This survey develops a study about the pro-environment behavior of a brazilian company of oil and gas sector, emphazing the Petr?leo Brasileiro S/A PETROBRAS in its Unit of Business of Exploration and Production in the State of Rio Grande do Norte and Cear? − UN-RNCE. The work s development adopt the bibliographic research methodology with the descriptive exploratory analisys, with the purpouse of identifying related points with the knowledge and the analysed enterprise s staff conduct, by the aplication of the interview with a instrument of data colecting with closed variable questions from answers that varies from o to 10.The answers allowed us to know the employees knowledge about the related aspects of environmental responsability, knowing also the involvement of the employees with the politics of environmental managment that has been implemented in the operating area of the company. The research led us to an important verification of the pro-environmental behavior of the people interviewed. The results depends of a wise acting, not only inside the company, but also outside, where the results of this acting will be more perceived for the society. Finally, we conclude that the company has a politics of management with a great importance, emphasinzing that the employees are been in constant training about their behavior resulting in satisfaction / Este trabalho desenvolve um estudo sobre o comportamento pr?-ambiental de uma empresa brasileira do setor de ?leo e g?s, enfatizando a Petr?leo Brasileiro S/A PETROBRAS em sua Unidade de Neg?cios de Explora??o e Produ??o do Rio Grande do Norte e Cear? UN-RNCE. O desenvolvimento do trabalho adotou a metodologia da pesquisa bibliogr?fica associada ? pesquisa explorat?ria descritiva, com o prop?sito de identificar aspectos relacionados ao conhecimento e ? conduta dos empregados da empresa analisada, mediante aplica??o da t?cnica de entrevista com instrumento de coleta de dados com perguntas fechadas do tipo vari?vel com respostas graduadas de 0 a 10. Os resultados permitiram conhecer o grau de conhecimento dos empregados da empresa acerca de aspectos relacionados com a gest?o ambiental, al?m de levar ? identifica??o do grau de envolvimento dos empregados na pol?tica de gest?o ambiental que a empresa j? implementou no setor operacional. Os resultados ainda levaram ? constata??o do comportamento pr?-ambiental dos entrevistados depende de uma atua??o mais consistente, n?o s? no interior da empresa, como tamb?m no ambiente externo, onde os resultados dessa atua??o s?o mais bem percebidos pela sociedade. Conclui-se que a empresa tem uma pol?tica de gest?o ambiental de relev?ncia, apenas real?ando que os empregados est?o recebendo treinamento sobre a sua conduta e assimilando os efeitos de forma satisfat?ria

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlcidesFSF.pdf: 734255 bytes, checksum: 47cc13ea70d864d6a5ffe61ff57b1128 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-11-10 / The present work has the objective of presenting an investigation about the quantification, classification and destination of the waste of construction and demolition (RCD) in the city of Natal - RN, focusing the aspects of the environmental impacts and the strategic importance of the environmental administration in the earnings of productivity of the companies. Of the environmental point of view the research intends to identify and to quantify the monthly and annual production of RCD in the city, as well as to know the places of deposition of those residues. To reach the objectives of the study, an exploratory and descriptive research was accomplished, using a questionnaire with closed subjects and an open one, applied in 25 entrepreneurs of the branch of the building site, being 21 builders and 4 entrepreneurs of collection companies and removal dumps. As form of analysis of the data, the descriptive analysis was used and of crossing. The production engineering considers important the insert of best production practices and administration of the product in the companies, with views to the increase of your competitiveness, productivity earnings and improvement of the environmental aspects with views to the consumer's satisfaction, in that case the buyer of immobile. The principal results of the investigation demonstrate that there was not great variability of answers with relationship to the interviewees opinion in what he refers to the environmental practices. In your majority the building site interviewees entrepreneurs evidenced the absence of the public power, particularly the city hall of Natal, in the control, fiscalization and creation of mechanisms for a correct destination of RCD, as well as for your reuse and recycle. On the other hand also it was evident that the recycle or the reuse of RCD on the part of the companies is a rare practice and a lot of times inexistent, although the entrepreneurs' of the building site section great majority recognizes that would have won of productivity with the correct and intensive use of such measures / O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de apresentar uma investiga??o sobre a quantifica??o, classifica??o e destina??o dos res?duos s?lidos de constru??o e demoli??o (RCD) na cidade do Natal - RN, enfocando os aspectos dos impactos ambientais e a import?ncia estrat?gica da gest?o ambiental no ganho de produtividade das empresas. Do ponto de vista ambiental a pesquisa prop?e identificar e quantificar a produ??o mensal e anual de RCD na cidade, bem como conhecer os locais de disposi??o final desses res?duos. Para atingir os objetivos do estudo, foi realizada uma pesquisa explorat?ria e descritiva, utilizando um question?rio com quest?es fechadas e uma aberta, aplicados em 25 empres?rios do ramo da constru??o civil, sendo 21 construtores e 4 empres?rios de empresas de coleta e remo??o de entulhos. Como forma de an?lise dos dados, foi utilizada a an?lise descritiva e de cruzamento. A engenharia de produ??o considera importante a inser??o de melhores pr?ticas de produ??o e gest?o do produto nas empresas, com vistas ao aumento de sua competitividade, ganho de produtividade e melhoria dos aspectos ambientais com vistas ? satisfa??o do consumidor, nesse caso o comprador de im?veis. Os principais resultados da investiga??o demonstram que n?o houve grande variabilidade de respostas quanto ? opini?o dos entrevistados no que se refere ?s pr?ticas ambientais. Em sua maioria, os empres?rios da constru??o civil entrevistados evidenciaram a aus?ncia do poder p?blico, particularmente a prefeitura de Natal, no controle, fiscaliza??o e cria??o de mecanismos para uma correta destina??o dos RCD, bem como para o seu reaproveitamento e reciclagem. Por outro lado tamb?m ficou evidente que a reciclagem ou o reaproveitamento dos RCD por parte das empresas ? uma pr?tica rara e muitas vezes inexistente, embora a grande maioria dos empres?rios do setor de constru??o civil reconhe?am que teriam ganhos de produtividade com a utiliza??o correta e intensiva de tais medidas