Environmental Consequences Of Urban Expansion: Case Study Of Environmental Licensing Processes In The Municipality Of Governador Valadares

Sara Carolina Soares Guerra Fardin,Talita Jardim Do Nascimento,Henrique Delboni Fardin

doi:10.24057/2071-9388-2020-53

Abstract

Urban growth is often accompanied by significant environmental changes, which include modification of the natural landscape and the problems related to it, such as real estate speculation, marginalization of the population, landslide risks, flooding, as well as pressure on environmentally protected areas. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how will new urban development affect the already modified space without generating further environmental problems. The research aimed to analyse five projects of allotments in Governador Valadares/Brazil between 2015 and 2017. Besides the information on the projects themselves, geographic information systems (GIS) were used along with laws and bibliography. The biggest obstacle observed was the lack of standardization in the process required by the City Hall, which culminated in projects with different characteristics, including those that did not present important analyzes, such as the Civil Construction Waste Management Plan. It is necessary to move forward in discussions related to urban environmental sustainability, standardizing the possible actions, not only in the municipality of Governador Valadares.

Highlights

In the second half of the twentieth century with the growth of the economy and the creation of numerous jobs in the cities, the Brazilian population started the movement of internal migration, leaving the countryside and settling in the cities
Brazilian cities grew enormously and soon they concentrated around 50% of the country’s population (Grostein 2001). This process culminated in the formation of large urban centers, which has led to several negative consequences, such as real estate speculation, marginalization of the population, landslide risks, flooding, as well as pressure on environmentally protected areas (Alberto 2009; Stanganini & Lollo 2018)
In order to fulfil the population demands, the civil construction sector increased enormously.The sector started to influence the dynamics of cities, either by consolidating the pattern of urbanization marked by environmental problems or by creating new concepts of urban development in which environmental and safety standards are placed as differentials against traditional forms of construction

Summary

Introduction

In the second half of the twentieth century with the growth of the economy and the creation of numerous jobs in the cities, the Brazilian population started the movement of internal migration, leaving the countryside and settling in the cities. The present work sought to analyse the processes of environmental impact assessments of allotments in Governador Valadares during the period from 2015 to 2017.

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