Environmental sustainability in People Farm Rural Community, Ipiaú, Bahia, Brazil

Autor: Nelma Lima Bruno, Paulo César Bahia de Aguiar, Christiana Cabicieri Profice, Marcelo Inácio Ferreira Ferraz, José Levi Furtado Sampaio
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Zdroj: Geosul, Vol 32, Iss 64, Pp 84-109 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0103-3964
2177-5230
DOI: 10.5007/2177-5230.2017v32n64p84
Popis: This paper present and discuss the current level of environmental sustainability of People Farm Rural Community, Ipiaú, Bahia, Brazil. Then we present a description of the research design, including the procedures adopted for the construction and application of the primary data collection instrument in a bottom-up approach. We did the application of a semi structured questionnaire to 111 families, and a second semi structured form applied to the families that have production units. We also capture GPS points at different times. The collection of secondary data was through bibliographical and documentary research. Obtained that the community reached the general index of environmental sustainability 1,794, which puts the overall level of average environmental sustainability. The three dimensions evaluated are in the average environmental sustainability level, not reaching the sustainability threshold "3.2" - minimum high sustainability.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals