Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-11-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:25:14Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 gomes_mfvb_dr_prud.pdf: 10508904 bytes, checksum: ce4b9ad5fb68cb5de755dd3ec38108d9 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente pesquisa parte de três pressupostos: O primeiro considera os problemas socioambientais como expressões das relações conflituosas entre sociedade e natureza, que são registradas na paisagem. Essa se transforma conforme a intensidade dos processos socioeconômicos, políticos e culturais. O segundo entende que mesmo com as transformações da paisagem, em forma e conteúdo, há resistências. Essas são frutos das permanências, mantendo a coexistência de diferentes práticas sociais, tornando o ambiente mais complexo. Sendo assim, sua compreensão está imbricada aos processos geográficos e históricos, sendo as mudanças e permanências as fontes para o entendimento do ambiente atual. O terceiro é o local em que as conseqüências desses processos são sentidas de forma mais intensa, embora suas explicações necessitem, muitas vezes, da compreensão de fenômenos em outras escalas. Na tese, buscamos desenvolver esses pressupostos a partir da discussão da trajetória ambiental de Guarapuava – PR, utilizando como instrumentos metodológicos de pesquisa a história ambiental e a cartografia. A contribuição empírica do município de Guarapuava para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa está na sua formação socioespacial e na interação da sociedade local com seus bens naturais, no passado e no presente. A relação da sociedade de Guarapuava com os campos naturais, as florestas e o solo, foi sendo alterada conforme a sua inserção no sistema produtivo regional e nacional, produzindo uma paisagem única, fruto da combinação fisiográfica... / To present research comes from three prior conjectures: The first considers the social environmental problems as expressions of the conflicting relationships between society and nature that are registered in the landscape. The landscape changes according to the intensity of the social economic, political and cultural processes. The second prior conjecture understands that even with the transformations of the landscape, in form and content, there are resistances. Those are fruits of the permanence, maintaining the coexistence of different social practices, turning the environment more complex. Being like this, its understanding is interwoven to the geographical and historical processes, being the change and permanence the sources for the understanding of the current environment. The third part is the place where the consequences of those processes are felt in a more intense way, although in many times their explanations need the understanding of the phenomena in other scales. In the thesis, we pursued developing those prior conjectures starting from the discussion of the environmental path of Guarapuava PR, using as methodological instruments of research the environmental history and the cartography. The empiric contribution of Guarapuava city for the development of the research is in its social space formation and in the interaction of the local society with their natural goods, in the past and in the present. The relationship of Guarapuava society with the natural fields, the forests and the soil, has being altered accordingly to its insertion in the regional and national productive system, producing a unique landscape, fruit of the physiographic combination with the forms of social appropriation... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

<p> Community psychology is a unique field of psychology that perceives individuals as linked to their context. The role of psychologist within this branch of psychology is viewed as one who is responsible for addressing the individual, as well as the social patterns and structures that adversely affect well-being. The use of community gardens as a therapeutic tool may serve as a two-fold intervention that can be used at both the individual and community levels. This doctoral project explores the therapeutic benefits of community gardening through the lens of the community psychology perspective. Framed within a community psychology perspective in which clients are inextricably linked to their social and physical context, engaging with nature through community gardening may lead to healthier client outcomes. A literature review was conducted to inform the author of current data related to the study of community gardens and their impact on mental health. The reviewed data pointed to the impact of community gardens on individual physical and mental health, and the social and physical community contexts that additionally affect mental health. Additional consultations with experts in the field were used to corroborate and extend research findings in the literature. The information collected from the current body of literature and consultations were presented as a professional presentation to mental health workers to increase their knowledge of the therapeutic benefits of community gardening. The limitations of the current body of literature, considerations for application in clinical practice, and recommendations for future areas of study were also considered.</p>

Resumo: A presente pesquisa parte de três pressupostos: O primeiro considera os problemas socioambientais como expressões das relações conflituosas entre sociedade e natureza, que são registradas na paisagem. Essa se transforma conforme a intensidade dos processos socioeconômicos, políticos e culturais. O segundo entende que mesmo com as transformações da paisagem, em forma e conteúdo, há resistências. Essas são frutos das permanências, mantendo a coexistência de diferentes práticas sociais, tornando o ambiente mais complexo. Sendo assim, sua compreensão está imbricada aos processos geográficos e históricos, sendo as mudanças e permanências as fontes para o entendimento do ambiente atual. O terceiro é o local em que as conseqüências desses processos são sentidas de forma mais intensa, embora suas explicações necessitem, muitas vezes, da compreensão de fenômenos em outras escalas. Na tese, buscamos desenvolver esses pressupostos a partir da discussão da trajetória ambiental de Guarapuava - PR, utilizando como instrumentos metodológicos de pesquisa a história ambiental e a cartografia. A contribuição empírica do município de Guarapuava para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa está na sua formação socioespacial e na interação da sociedade local com seus bens naturais, no passado e no presente. A relação da sociedade de Guarapuava com os campos naturais, as florestas e o solo, foi sendo alterada conforme a sua inserção no sistema produtivo regional e nacional, produzindo uma paisagem única, fruto da combinação fisiográfica... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: To present research comes from three prior conjectures: The first considers the social environmental problems as expressions of the conflicting relationships between society and nature that are registered in the landscape. The landscape changes according to the intensity of the social economic, political and cultural processes. The second prior conjecture understands that even with the transformations of the landscape, in form and content, there are resistances. Those are fruits of the permanence, maintaining the coexistence of different social practices, turning the environment more complex. Being like this, its understanding is interwoven to the geographical and historical processes, being the change and permanence the sources for the understanding of the current environment. The third part is the place where the consequences of those processes are felt in a more intense way, although in many times their explanations need the understanding of the phenomena in other scales. In the thesis, we pursued developing those prior conjectures starting from the discussion of the environmental path of Guarapuava PR, using as methodological instruments of research the environmental history and the cartography. The empiric contribution of Guarapuava city for the development of the research is in its social space formation and in the interaction of the local society with their natural goods, in the past and in the present. The relationship of Guarapuava society with the natural fields, the forests and the soil, has being altered accordingly to its insertion in the regional and national productive system, producing a unique landscape, fruit of the physiographic combination with the forms of social appropriation... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: João Osvaldo Rodrigues Nunes / Coorientador: Rosely Sampaio Archela / Banca: Nilton Nobuhiro Imai. / Banca: Margarete Cristiane de Costa Trindade Amorim / Banca: Francisco de Assis Mendonça / Banca: Gisele Girardi / Doutor

Corporate Social Environmental Reporting is a process through which companies and organisations can inform the societies within which they operate about their performance on non-economic issues including environmental performance. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an internationally recognised organisation which has frameworks and guidelines organisations can use to standardise the reports which they issue to the society. Data gathering for reporting on environmental performance can be done in several ways, including by means of the data required for an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on the ISO 14001 “plan – do – check - act” commonly known as the Demming cycle, aimed at continual improvement of environmental performance by an organisation. The clauses in an EMS allow for an organisation to measure its performance and hence the generation of data which can be used for interpretation on environmental performance. The utility of data generated from an EMS is optimised for input towards the generation of a Corporate Social Environmental Report by the level of alignment between the reporting process and the system used for data generation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of such an alignment between the two processes for AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), a multinational gold mining company which issues its reports according to GRI guidelines and also has an ISO 14001 EMS in place. The method used entailed a desktop documentary analysis, a questionnaire answered by individuals responsible for implementation of the EMS and an interview posed at corporate level. It was found that despite corporate commitment to continually improve CSER, there is a relative weak alignment between the two systems, with consequent duplication of effort and sub optimal use of human resources. Recommendations for improved alignment include focused education and training of staff on the relationship between CSER and EMS, and improvements in EMS monitoring and measuring procedures. / Thesis (M. Environmental Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013

Corporate Social Environmental Reporting is a process through which companies and organisations can inform the societies within which they operate about their performance on non-economic issues including environmental performance. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an internationally recognised organisation which has frameworks and guidelines organisations can use to standardise the reports which they issue to the society. Data gathering for reporting on environmental performance can be done in several ways, including by means of the data required for an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on the ISO 14001 “plan – do – check - act” commonly known as the Demming cycle, aimed at continual improvement of environmental performance by an organisation. The clauses in an EMS allow for an organisation to measure its performance and hence the generation of data which can be used for interpretation on environmental performance. The utility of data generated from an EMS is optimised for input towards the generation of a Corporate Social Environmental Report by the level of alignment between the reporting process and the system used for data generation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of such an alignment between the two processes for AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), a multinational gold mining company which issues its reports according to GRI guidelines and also has an ISO 14001 EMS in place. The method used entailed a desktop documentary analysis, a questionnaire answered by individuals responsible for implementation of the EMS and an interview posed at corporate level. It was found that despite corporate commitment to continually improve CSER, there is a relative weak alignment between the two systems, with consequent duplication of effort and sub optimal use of human resources. Recommendations for improved alignment include focused education and training of staff on the relationship between CSER and EMS, and improvements in EMS monitoring and measuring procedures. / Thesis (M. Environmental Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013

[pt] Este estudo teve como motivação inicial a experiência profissional do autor,como educador e geógrafo, atuando na iniciativa denominada Projeto de Educação Ambiental com Crianças de Escolas públicas, que vem sendo realizada no campus da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro desde 1998. Este projeto foi desenvolvido pelo Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Meio Ambiente - NIMA/PUC-Rio, com o objetivo de integrar as escolas públicas com a Universidade, através de aulas de Educação Ambiental, tendo como meta a formação de valores ético-ambientais para o exercício da cidadania das futuras gerações. Baseado nesta experiência de projeto social, que visa atender às crianças mais carentes que estudam nas escolas públicas no bairro da Gávea e moradoras das comunidades carentes da Rocinha, Vidigal, Parque da Cidade e Cruzada São Sebastião, localizadas próximas ao campus da PUC-Rio, são apresentadas aqui as reflexões e potencialidades de transformação social do Projeto de Educação Ambiental com Crianças de Escolas Públicas. A análise deste Projeto, enquanto um modelo que visa responder aos atuais apelos da recente Lei Federal de Educação Ambiental e da Lei Estadual, sobretudo no que se refere a sua dimensão não-formal, constitui o escopo desta dissertação. Em outras palavras, este trabalho avalia as ações e práticas educativas voltadas para a sensibilização da coletividade sobre as questões ambientais, com a participação e parceria de escolas, Universidade e empresas, e das transformações processadas com valores éticos presentes na relação do homem com o seu meio ambiente, através de um projeto de Educação Ambiental, realizado junto às crianças e adolescentes estudantes da rede pública de educação no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. / [en] This research was motivated by the author s professional experience, as a Geography teacher, working as a member of the team responsible for the Project of Environmental Education for Public School Children, which has been taking place within the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro campus since 1998. This project was developed by the Interdisciplinary Center for the Environment - NIMA/PUC-Rio to promote the integration of the public schools with the university,throughout Environmental Education classes. The goal of the project is to develop ethical-environmental values for the exercise of future generations citizenship. The purpose of this initiative is to serve the poor children, who attend classes of the public schools of Gávea, Rocinha, Vidigal, Parque da Cidade e Cruzada de São Sebastião neighborhoods, located near by PUC- Rio campus. Based on this experience, the author describes the perspectives for social change of the Project of Environmental Education for Public School Children. The core subject of this dissertation is an analysis of this project, taken as a model response to the determinations of the recent Federal and State Laws for environmental education, with emphasis on non-formal education. In other words, this essay describes the educational actions and practices designed to wake up collective sensibility towards environmental issues, relying on the partner ship established by schools with universities and companies. This dissertation is concerned with the ethical valves which comes out of the relation ship between mankind and its surrounding nature and the transformations that can be accomplished by an Environmental Education Project such as this one offered to the children of the public education system of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:59:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 Silvia Quiota.pdf.jpg: 2943 bytes, checksum: 28a72e51f30880bcd8d1ec31c71d310a (MD5) Silvia Quiota.pdf.txt: 120164 bytes, checksum: f0ec9430e0776dc234a4b86afc1e06b6 (MD5) license.txt: 4712 bytes, checksum: 4dea6f7333914d9740702a2deb2db217 (MD5) Silvia Quiota.pdf: 1009838 bytes, checksum: 308c67ea7385f8cfbc0b5e7d3f7168b6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-23T00:00:00Z / The main purpose of this dissertation is to expand the debate over the topic of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSR), in both theoretical and empirical perspectives. From the theoretical perspective, this study aimed to do a review of previous researches, for those in favor or against of the involvements of firms to address the social and environmental issues. This study analyzed the theme of CSR under the perspective of the corporate management evolution model, which started from a philanthropic model to what we see today as an important strategic decision tool. The climate change, caused by the global warming has been driven the evolution of the CSR model. From the empirical perspective, the main goal was to investigate the correlation between firm’s financial performance and social/environmental performance for Brazilian companies from 2001 to 2007, using available information provided by the Braziian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis (IBASE). Two types of panel data econometric models were used. The fixed effects model was used to investigate the existence of correlations between the financial indicators and the social/environmental indicators. Additionally, a panel data IV model was used to investigate causality and try to answer the question whether the social/environmental performance has a positive or negative impact on the firm’s financial performance. Results show a positive relationship between corporate social/environmental performance and financial performance. The internal social investment is the most relevant social/environmental variable in this result, since it is positively correlated with the financial performance indicator represented by the variable return on assets (ROA). The causality analysis showed also that the internal social investment has a positive effect on the corporate financial performance. / A proposta deste trabalho é ampliar o estudo sobre o tema da Responsabilidade Socioambiental Empresarial tanto no panorama teórico como também no empírico. No contexto teórico, este estudo procurou fazer uma revisão das argumentações tanto contrárias como a favor de um comportamento social e ambientalmente mais responsável por parte das empresas. Foi realizada uma análise da evolução do modelo de gestão das empresas, que cada vez mais passa a incorporar as questões sociais e ambientais na agenda das decisões estratégicas. Esta evolução tem sido motivada principalmente pelos problemas ambientais causados pelo aquecimento global. Os resultados obtidos por este estudo indicaram que há correlação positiva entre o desempenho socioambiental e o desempenho financeiro das empresas. A variável socioambiental mais relevante neste resultado é o investimento social interno, que se mostrou fortemente correlacionada com o indicador financeiro contábil ROA (Return on Assets). Quanto à análise de causalidade, os resultados também indicaram que o investimento social interno tem efeito positivo sobre a variável ROA.

[pt] Esta dissertação se propõe a constituir uma práxis científico-acadêmica comprometida com a transformação geo-histórico-social de um corpo d´águaobjeto num corpo-d´água-sujeito, ou seja, no reconhecimento de um corpo d´água constituído pelas ações humanas em recortes culturais. Decidiu-se também pela visão biorregional com o objetivo de resgatar uma conexão entre as comunidades humanas (recuperação histórica, simbólica e cultural) e, uma comunidade biótica, pois é imprescindível a obtenção desse tipo de conhecimento para essa pesquisa. Evoca-se o rio Piraí enquanto ícone de pertencimento na construção das identidades socioambientais da população do município de Piraí-RJ, com o propósito de apontarmos elementos para ações afirmativas de cidadania. O curso do rio Piraí sofreu por duas ocasiões modificações significativas provocando grandes mudanças ambientais e conseqüentemente profundas alterações socioculturais. Buscou-se o resgate de sua história pela memória de seus sujeitos, socioambientais, sua sacralização velada e desvelada pelas representações identitárias dos mesmos, e fundamentalmente, sua profanação ambiental. Faz-se necessário a ressignificação dos conceitos de corpo e água, para enfocarmos o corpo-d´água em seu devir sócio-cultural, em seus cursos, percursos e transcursos de territorialidade e (des) territorialidade objetivando a construção de uma nova realidade tendo em vista a qualidade de vida de sua população. / [en] The purpose of this text is to be academic-scientific praxis commited with a geo-history-social transformation of a object body of water in a subject body of water, in other words, recognize the body of water as formed by human cultural scraps. It was decided for a bioregional vision with the purpose of rescue human community (simbolism, history and culture) and biotic community connection, since it is essential to get this kind of knowledge to this research. It´s necessary evoke the Piraí river as a icon of pertinence in the contruction of the social-environmental identity of the Piraí cintizens, to indicate elements for positive actions of citizenship. The Piraí river was subject of two major changes that resulte in large environmental changes and consequently, deep social-culture transformations. That is of acept rescue the river as body of water, its history redeemed by the memory of its enviromental subjects, its sacredness, veiled and unveiled by its representations of identities, and profanity. It´s necessary to remake the meaning of water and body concepts, to evoke the body of water in its social culture devir, in its streams, route and course of territoriality and (not) territoriality, with the purpose of constructing a new reality aiming at the quality of life of its population.

Essa dissertação teve como objetivos gerais (i) compreender as motivações que levam uma empresa a buscar a responsabilidade social e ambiental corporativa (RSAC), além de (ii) realizar um prognóstico elucidando os principais benefícios, desafios e fatores críticos de sucesso para uma empresa que deseja implementar a filosofia Lixo Zero em suas rotinas. Para atingir o primeiro objetivo foi proposto um questionário contendo as motivações comumente encontradas na bibliografia, o qual foi encaminhando para empresas de diversos portes e segmentos no Brasil. Os resultados apontam como principais motivações para RSAC no Brasil: atender às legislações e regulamentos nacionais (citado por 87% das empresas respondentes), buscar o reconhecimento de Empresa Sustentável e valorização da marca (62%), contribuir para a proteção ao meio ambiente e controle da poluição (58%), buscar a redução na geração de resíduos (53%) e diferenciar-se das demais empresas do segmento (47%). Foi identificado que essas motivações são representativas do cenário analisado, independentemente das características individuais de cada empresa como: porte, apoio da liderança, região, segmento industrial, atuação no mercado (local, nacional ou internacional) e cliente final da empresa, conforme indicado pelo teste Qui-Quadrado e Kolmogorov-Smirnov, contrariando os resultados verificados na bibliografia existente. Com o objetivo de atender ao segundo objetivo, primeiramente foi realizado uma revisão sistemática da literatura para compilar conceitos, princípios, ações, benefícios, desafios e fatores críticos de sucesso advindos da implementação do ZW em diferentes cenários. Tendo como base a compilação apresentada, foi conduzido um estudo de caso em uma metalúrgica de pequeno porte, localizada na região do Vale dos Sinos, no Brasil, com o intuito de identificar quais itens se relacionavam com a realidade da empresa em questão. Foram identificados 12 benefícios passíveis de serem obtidos através da implantação da filosofia ZW na empresa em questão, 9 desafios a serem suplantados durante a implantação e 21 fatores críticos de sucesso, imprescindíveis para o pleno atingimento das metas propostas pelo ZW. O presente estudo apresenta discussões sobre aspectos que necessitam ser desenvolvidos no cenário Brasileiro, de forma a incentivar e proporcionar a estrutura adequada para operacionalização da filosofia ZW corroborando para consolidação desta filosofia como referência em modelo de gestão de resíduos no cenário empresarial. / This study's main objectives were (i) to understand the main drivers leading Corporate Social Environmental Responsibility (CSER) and (ii) to do an analysis in order to elucidate the key benefits, challenges and critical success factors for a company applying Zero Waste into their process. To achieve the first objective, this research has proposed a questionnaire containing the drivers for CSER presented in the literature, which has sent to several companies from different segments and sizes in Brazil. The results indicate these main drivers for CSER in Brazil: meet national laws and regulations (cited by 87% of responding companies), seek recognition of Sustainable Enterprise and brand enhancement (62%), contributing to the protection of the environment and pollution control (58%), seek to reduce the generation of waste (53%) and differentiate itself from other companies in the sector (47%). It was identified that the drivers found for CSER are representative of the sample, regardless of the size, the leadership, the region, the industrial segment, the market activities (local, national or international), and the end customer of the company, as indicated by Qui-quadrado and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, contrary to the findings on literature. In order to achieve the second objective, it has performed a systematic review of the literature for compile concepts, principles, actions, benefits, challenges and critical success factors from the implementation of the ZW in different scenarios. Based on this compilation, it was conducted a case study in a small metallurgical, located in the Vale dos Sinos region, in Brazil, in order to identify which items were related to the company’s scenario. For this company, twelve benefits were identified, which can be achieved through ZW implementation, nine challenges were found to be overcome, and twenty-one critical success factors were identified, which are essential to achieve the goals proposed by the ZW. This study advocates some aspects that should be developed in the Brazilian scenario in order to support ZW implementation, corroborating to consolidate this philosophy as reference in waste management model in business scenario.

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / O conhecimento da evoluÃÃo dos processos geodinÃmicos e sociais de uma Ãrea constitui instrumento importante na compreensÃo das formas de operacionalizaÃÃo de medidas de planejamento, monitoramento e gestÃo de uso e ocupaÃÃo do solo. Evita futuros danos ambientais com relaÃÃo Ãs alteraÃÃes nos processos naturais decorrentes das atividades antrÃpicas. A localizaÃÃo da Ãrea de estudo està situada na cidade de Fortaleza - CE. O objetivo principal do trabalho à definir a dinÃmica ambiental atravÃs da caracterizaÃÃo da dinÃmica eÃlica no transporte de sedimentos nas praias do Futuro e do Serviluz e da anÃlise dos impactos naturais e sociais causados à populaÃÃo do lugar Serviluz. A metodologia aplicada para a caracterizaÃÃo dos processos socioambientais foi baseada em uma abordagem sistemÃtica, procurando determinar a evoluÃÃo de um sistema ambiental a partir dos processos geodinÃmicos e sociais locais em um setor litorÃneo intensamente ocupado por uma populaÃÃo de baixa renda, usando dados quantitativos e qualitativos. Trava-se um embate entre as questÃes sociais e ambientais no antigo Serviluz, um lugar estabelecido em Fortaleza, entre os bairros Cais do Porto e Vicente PinzÃn, submetido a diversos impactos que atuaram de modo a desarranjar a dinÃmica natural. A comunidade deste lugar vem coabitando no perÃodo de estiagem com a condiÃÃo do soterramento das habitaÃÃes, das vias de acesso e de equipamentos pÃblicos pela invasÃo de sedimentos de origem praial. Uma grande parte desta populaÃÃo convive ainda com a falta da regularizaÃÃo fundiÃria, fato decorrente das ocupaÃÃes ilegais em terrenos de marinha. AlÃm disto, para compreensÃo do embate socioambiental verificado na Ãrea de estudo, foi feito um conhecimento integrado para a caracterizaÃÃo ambiental, a partir da determinaÃÃo das conexÃes entre os fenÃmenos naturais (dinÃmica costeira) e sociais que se desenvolvem neste lugar, um espaÃo caracterizado por ocupaÃÃes residenciais, industriais e portuÃrias. / The knowledge of the geodynamic and social evolution constitues the essential analyze for the planning of the use and occupation, regarding the alterations of the human activities in the natural processes. It avoids futures environmental damages. The study area is located at Serviluz locality, Fortaleza County, Northeastern Brazil. The main objective is to define the environmental dynamics through the characterization of the aeolian dynamics in the transport of sediments in the Future and Serviluz beaches and of the analysis of the natural and social impacts caused the Serviluz locality population. The applied methodology was based on a systematic approach, using qualitative and quantitative data and analyzing the evolution of an environmental system starting from the geodynamics and social processes in the urban area occupation near the coast. Socio-environmental impacts are affecting the natural dynamics in the study area. Dune migration and aeolian sediments along the Serviluz coast are burying the houses, buildings, beach huts, access roads and the urban infrastructure. Besides, the greater part of community does not have the house's ownership because it occupied the area illegally in navy lands. Currently six thousand families, this place serves as a local for activities port, industrial and residential. So, a knowledge integrated for the environmental characterization was done for understanding of the socio-environmental impact verified in the study area, starting from the located connections in this place among the natural phenomena (coastal dynamics) and social aspects.