This thesis is about contributory participation in the elaboration and updating of urban planning and its goal is to demonstrate the influence of contributory management in the transformation processes which currently ...

The sustainability of development is an imperative issue in the discussions that permeate the problematic of the socioeconomic and environmental relationship in contemporary society. Actions to transmute the essence of ...

The National Policy of Solid Waste (NPSW), established by Law nº 12,305 of 2010, is the principal policy on solid waste management in the country. The intention of this dissertation is to evaluate the NPSW as a regulatory ...

Debates on the concept of sustainable public procurement have gained more space in public management guidelines, even though most public administration still do not know or do not use these practices. The objective of this ...

This work presents a methodologic approach to map urbanistic and environmental conflicts using data collection of legal records from 2006 until 2016, in São Carlos region, State of São Paulo. The metodology consists in: ...

Rocky shore communities represent an important component of the biodiversity in coastal regions, but are subject to environmental impacts resulting from anthropogenic activities. Thus, understanding the mechanisms involved ...

This research discusses about the representation and participation in Management and Planning of Water Resources process in Brazil which is carried out by Hydrographic Basin Committees (CBH’s). The hypothesis of this ...

Since the beginning of ecology studies, scientists have been worried in exploring natural communities and how the vary across time and space, looking for patterns to describe. Mountains are often great systems to study ...

Considering the importance of the preservation and sustainable use of water resources nowadays, in the face of accelerated social and economic development, this work represents an important tool of direct contribution in ...

The Union of South American Nations (UNASUL) is an international organization made up of twelve South American countries, made official in 2008, and is seeking a process of regional integration, in which the economic factor ...