Public Participation in River Basin Planning and Management: Quality-of-Life Capital as an Information Aid to Sustainable Decisions

Author(s):  
Malcolm Newson ◽  
Liz Chalk
Author(s):  
Nilo Serpa ◽  
Richard Brook Cathcart

<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Exclusion Territories are geographical areas under the action of degenerative environmental phenomena of anthropogenic origin, which compromise quality of life in general. One of the greatest examples of such areas is the Guanabara Bay and its surroundings, the scene of some of the worst disastrous incidents and locale of frequent episodes of human misery. This article presents a brief description of the main characteristics of the region, providing some technological suggestions of biogeographic recovery to be adopted by public policies that intend to align themselves with the good practices of ecological economy, sustainability and quality of life. The work falls within the context of macro-engineering <em>cum</em> eco-innovation applied to the preservation and management of water sources and water bodies that serve productive purposes as natural niches and breeding grounds.</p><p><strong>Key words: </strong>Exclusion Territories, Guanabara Bay, waste management, quality of life.</p><p class="-1">===========================================================================</p><p class="-1"><strong>Resumo: </strong>Territórios de Exclusão são áreas geográficas sob ação de fenômenos ambientais degenerativos de origem antropogênica, os quais comprometem a qualidade de vida em geral. Um dos maiores exemplos de zonas desse tipo é a Baía de Guanabara e seu entorno, palco de alguns dos piores incidentes desastrosos e de frequentes episódios da miséria humana. O presente artigo descreve sumariamente as principais características da região, fornecendo algumas sugestões tecnológicas de recuperação biogeográfica a serem adotadas por políticas públicas que pretendam alinhar-se às boas práticas de economia ecológica, sustentabilidade e qualidade de vida. O trabalho se insere no contexto da macroengenharia <em>cum</em> eco-inovação aplicada à preservação e à gestão das fontes hídricas e dos corpos de água que servem a propósitos produtivos como nichos naturais e criadouros.</p><p class="-1"><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>Territórios de Exclusão, Baía de Guanabara, gestão de resíduos, qualidade de vida.</p>


2015 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Hidayah Chamhuri ◽  
Hazlina Hamdan ◽  
Puziah Ahmah ◽  
Faridah Ismail

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Omar Eduardo Aillón Valverde ◽  
José Alfredo Daza Bernal ◽  
José Luís Pantoja Tarán

Diversos estudios han explorado la relación existente entre el crecimiento empresarial y la calidad ambiental en municipios, tratando de demostrar que un aumento del crecimiento empresarial influye en la degradación del medio ambiente. Por otra parte, también hay que citar que el crecimiento empresarial promueve el crecimiento económico lo cual contribuiría directa o indirectamente al desarrollo de la gestión ambiental con la implementación de políticas y proyectos urbanos para el mejoramiento de los problemas ambientales, abriendo de esta manera la posibilidad a la conformación de ambientes urbanos sostenibles, hipótesis que bien vale la pena investigar desde la realidad reinante en el Municipio de Sucre.Este artículo expone la discusión, referida al manejo y tratamiento industrial que tienen las empresas en lo que respecta a la contaminación que generan en el municipio de Sucre complementado con la percepción que tienen las personas como componentes de unidades familiares y cuya calidad de vida es afectada producto del fenómeno de desarrollo empresarial en lo que se refiere a la contaminación generada como una externalidad para el caso particular del Municipio de Sucre.Palabras clave: Crecimiento empresarial, Gestión Ambiental, calidad de vida. AbstractSeveral studies have explored the relationship between business growth and environmental quality in municipalities, trying to show that an increase in business growth influences environmental degradation. On the other hand, it should also be mentioned that business growth promotes economic growth which would contribute directly or indirectly to the development of environmental management with the implementation of urban policies and projects for the improvement of environmental problems, thus opening up the possibility to the conformation of sustainable urban environments, a hypothesis that is well worth investigating from the reality prevailing in the Municipality of Sucre.This article exposes the discussion, referring to the management and industrial treatment that companies have in regards to the pollution they generate in the municipality of Sucre, complemented with the perception that people have as components of family units and whose quality of life is affected product of the phenomenon of business development in what refers to the pollution generated as an externality for the particular case of the Municipality of Sucre.Key words: Business growth, Environmental Management, quality of life.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1356-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Hughes ◽  
Amy E Burton ◽  
Robert C Dempsey

This study investigated how wheelchair-using individuals with paraplegia and chronic pain make sense of the factors associated with quality of life based on interviews using photo-elicitation and interpretative phenomenological analysis. Three superordinate themes emerged in the analysis: experiencing quality of life through the perception of self and identity, interpersonal relationships as facilitators and barriers to quality of life and life in a wheelchair: pain experience and management. Quality of life for those living with paraplegia and chronic pain is experienced as a complex interaction across several life domains. The use of photographs may improve the communication of pain-related experiences and understanding by healthcare staff.


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