Tourism and Urbanization: Environmental Problems of the Araruama Lagoon, State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

The Araruama Lagoon (Rio de Janeiro) is known for its scenic beauty and natural resources, factors that have led to the economic expansion of the region. In recent decades, tourism and property speculation have been key to the urban development of the municipalities surrounding this Lagoon. Using secondary data and a theoretical framework based on Political Ecology and Critical Environmental Education, this article seeks to analyze the correlations between the development processes of the towns surrounding the Lagoon and the impact of these processes on the environmental quality of its ecosystem. In recent years, the evolution of parameters studied revealed that the imbalance in terms of the sustainable development of the region has damaged the health of this body of water. Large quantities of fresh water, as well as domestic and industrial effluents discharged without appropriate treatment in the Lagoon, have overloaded the ecological system, with negative effects for the entire economy in the surrounding area.

Perfil socioeconômico e percepção ambiental dos moradores do entorno da Lagoa do Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte

“…O processo de compreensão do significado da Lagoa do Apodi-RN para a população local continua da indagação de como eles vêm este ambiente, sendo observado na Figura 7 que a maioria dos moradores percebem a lagoa como ambiente natural para ser preservado e apreciado (57,52%), demostrando que a maioria dos moradores possuem um vínculo afetivo com a lagoa do Apodi-RN, principalmente por se tratar de uma paisagem de beleza natural (Figura 8). Outros ambientes aquáticos também foram evidenciados pela Revista Verde, v.14, n.1, p.111-119, 2019 população local em estudos de Braga e Marcomim (2008); Xavier e Nishijima (2010); Silva et al (2015); Bertucci et al (2016) e; Custódio e Leite (2017). Desta forma, a diversidade de significado é possível devido as pessoas possuírem modos e relações diferentes com a água, com isso o papel e o significado da água na história de determinada região são diferenciados, pois, a água constitui as identidades pessoais e coletivas em vários níveis (OESTIGAARD, 2009).…”

Eutrophication overcoming carbonate precipitation in a tropical hypersaline coastal lagoon acting as a CO2 sink (Araruama Lagoon, SE Brazil)

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Characteristics and patterns of inappropriate disposal of construction and demolition waste in the municipality of Cabo Frio, Brazil

“…The study was carried out in the city of Cabo Frio, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, due to the importance of its environmental preservation areas. The municipality has a large flow of tourists (Costa et al, 2017;BRASIL, 2018) which implies a considerable increase in the inadequate disposal of solid waste, including CDW (Schuindt et al, 2018;Bertucci et al, 2016). The study was limited to the central area of the headquarters district, due to its great tourist relevance.…”