Ecologia política, economia ecológica e saúde coletiva: interfaces para a sustentabilidade do desenvolvimento e para a promoção da saúde

Porto, Marcelo Firpo; Martínez-Alier, Joan

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2007001600011

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“…With regards to Brazil, two paradigms have been responsible for discussing the problem between health and the environment: biomedical and sanitation (Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007).…”

Section: Territory and Public Health In Times Of Globalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This model originated in the environmental and social medicine movements which marked the birth of public health in Brazil (Freitas, 2003;Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007) and is redefining the scope of the public health view beyond the biomedical paradigm. Through an historical and inter-disciplinary perspective, centered on social determinants of health, it seeks to incorporate other dimensions, such as political, economic, cultural and ecological which, in their complexity, enable populations' health problems to be understood in a broader way.…”

Section: Territory and Public Health In Times Of Globalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Beyond environmentalism viewing the causes and impacts of environmental problems to be equally distributed around the whole planet, critical visions supported by political ecology and social justice movements indicate that the exploitation of natural resources and environmental conflicts are unequally distributed among countries, territories and populations according to ethnic, racial, class and gender aspects (Acselrad, 2008;Acselrad et al, 2009). The contemporary situation of the global economy has wrought a (re) configuration of the international division of labor and riches: countries rich in natural resources, such as Brazil and Latin America as a whole, reinforce their position in international commerce as suppliers of rural commodities or metals (Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007). At the same time as the production of these commodities in production chains, such as those of agro-business, iron-steel or bauxite-aluminum is responsible for maintaining trade surpluses, they leave heavy environmental impacts further up the chains, affecting ecosystems, traditional forms of economy and the quality of life and health of populations in territories involved in the production processes (Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The contemporary situation of the global economy has wrought a (re) configuration of the international division of labor and riches: countries rich in natural resources, such as Brazil and Latin America as a whole, reinforce their position in international commerce as suppliers of rural commodities or metals (Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007). At the same time as the production of these commodities in production chains, such as those of agro-business, iron-steel or bauxite-aluminum is responsible for maintaining trade surpluses, they leave heavy environmental impacts further up the chains, affecting ecosystems, traditional forms of economy and the quality of life and health of populations in territories involved in the production processes (Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007). Such impacts are systematically left out of consideration when pricing these commodities, for this reason they are known as negative externalities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A inserção do Brasil no mercado mundial de alumínio: incorporando contribuições da Ecologia Política para a Saúde Coletiva

Henriques

Porto

2014

Saude soc.

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This article discusses the inclusion of Brazil in the global aluminum market from the theoretical framework of political ecology, political economy of the territory and collective health. The contemporary situation of world economy has been marked by deregulation and liberalization, characteristic of neoliberal ideals touted by the core nations. Brazil's larger share in this market has been held from the increased production and export of agricultural commodities and metals, like aluminum. In this sense, from the paradigms of political ecology, the paper proposes an analysis of social and environmental consequences, as well as of new territoriality that is produced and reproduced within a logic that privileges the economic core nations. Similarly, we seek to understand the dilemmas of collective health in a holistic and integrative perspective in which economic development models are articulated. It is noticed that the production and export of primary aluminum, despite having a greater aggregate value, hides a diffuse set of impacts that affect the environment and public health. Keywords: Political Ecology; Territory; Production of Commodities; Collective Health. Alen Batista Henriques ResumoO presente artigo discute a inserção do Brasil no mercado mundial de alumínio a partir dos referenciais teóricos da ecologia política, da economia política do território e da saúde coletiva. A conjuntura contemporânea da economia mundial tem sido pautada pela desregulamentação e liberalização, característicos do ideário neoliberal propalado pelas nações centrais. A maior participação do Brasil nesse mercado tem sido realizada a partir do aumento da produção e exportação de commodities agrárias e metálicas, como o alumínio. Nesse sentido, a partir dos paradigmas da ecologia política, o texto propõe uma análise das consequências socioambientais, assim como sobre novas territorialidades que se produzem e reproduzem dentro de uma lógica econômica que privilegia as nações centrais. Do mesmo modo, procura-se compreender os dilemas da saúde coletiva sob uma perspectiva holística e integradora na qual se articula aos modelos de desenvolvimento econômico. Percebe-se que a produção e exportação de alumínio primário, apesar de apresentar um valor agregado maior, esconde um conjunto difuso de impactos que afetam o ambiente e a saúde coletiva.

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“…With regards to Brazil, two paradigms have been responsible for discussing the problem between health and the environment: biomedical and sanitation (Porto and Martinez-Alier, 2007).…”

Section: Territory and Public Health In Times Of Globalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Territory and Public Health In Times Of Globalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A inserção do Brasil no mercado mundial de alumínio: incorporando contribuições da Ecologia Política para a Saúde Coletiva

Henriques

Porto

2014

Saude soc.

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“…A relação saúde e ambiente, no campo da saúde pública, não é nova e evoluiu de acordo com dois paradigmas básicos: o bio médico, oriundo da parasitologia clássica, e o sanitário, mais voltado para questões de enge nharia ambiental. Atualmente, um terceiro pa radigma, com origens no movimento ambienta lista e na medicina social, marca o surgimento da saúde coletiva no país, com ênfase na ampliação do olhar sobre a relação saúde-ambiente e in corporando outras dimensões para a compre ensão dos problemas de saúde, trazendo refle xos para atuação no setor 24 .…”

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