“…These studies tackled qualitative analysis of laws relationships and effectiveness for the environment, without quantitative evaluative metrics. Currently, there are reports of law violation (Master Plans) that aimed to protect the environment, such as: non-preservation of Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) (Ataide & Melo, 2019;Koury & Cavallari, 2018;Nunes et al, 2017), Conservation Units (UC) (Ataide & Melo, 2019), and areas for calamity prevention (Figueiroa & Scherer, 2016); as well as lack of integrated management between municipal and state interests (Master Plans vs River Basin Plans) (Peres & Silva, 2013). However, there is also positive elements since the municipality of Teresina, capital of the state of Piauí, anticipates in its planning the promotion of economic growth associated to ecological awareness (e.g.…”