Integrated measures for preservation, restoration and improvement of the environmental conditions of the Lagoon Olho d'Água basin
| Autor: | Mario T. Kato, Lourdinha Florencio, Edmilson Santos de Lima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Pollution
Conservation of Natural Resources Sanitation Economics media_common.quotation_subject Drainage basin Guidelines as Topic Public Policy Waste Disposal Fluid Urban planning Environmental protection Urbanization Pollution prevention Humans Industry Ecosystem lcsh:Environmental sciences General Environmental Science media_common lcsh:GE1-350 geography geography.geographical_feature_category Land use Water Pollution Agriculture Social Conditions Environmental science Water quality Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Environment International, Vol 26, Iss 7, Pp 551-555 (2001) |
| ISSN: | 0160-4120 |
| Popis: | The Lagoon Olho d'Água in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil has received increasing environmental concern due to significant stress from pollution in the catchment. The existing environmental problems are the result of great pressure from a broad range of human activities, especially in the last 10 years. Serious pollution exists mainly from some industrial and urban activities, which increased intensively after the eighties. There is a strong social and economical pressure for housing and construction near the lagoon, due to the available land nearby beaches and estuarine zone, and recently by growing tourism activities. Uncontrolled land use by low-income communities and the pressure for construction by developers have led to landfilling and to deterioration of water quality in the lagoon catchment. Improvement of the environmental conditions in the catchment needs integrated measures. Guidelines and some specific actions involving several institutions have been established and refer to sanitation and urban infrastructure as the main priorities. A main target is the construction of low-cost sewage system with smaller and decentralised treatment plants. Keywords: Environmental program, Integrated measures, Lagoon Olho d'Água catchment, Sanitation, Small and decentralised plants, Urban expansion and infrastructure, Wastewater anaerobic treatment, UASB reactor, Water pollution |
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