Dos problemas ambientais encontrados na comunidade de Santo Amaro - Recife/PE -Brasil e a aplicabilidade do conceito de justiça ambiental enquanto instrumento na promoção do combate às desigualdades socioambientais, em comunidade vulnerável

Abstract

Based on an assessment of the environmental problems found in a vulnerable community in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, this study seeks to highlight the social impact caused by environmental degradation, which still persists in social groups due to their class, and to bring the movement for environmental justice to an area that suffers from socio-spatial segregation, thinking about and developing public policies that involve the community and the government in their implementation. Because it affects socially disadvantaged groups more severely, environmental neglect is capable of damaging social well-being, health, the preservation of the common environment and a sense of belonging, bringing solutions based on the application of environmental justice in vulnerable communities. In view of this, the problem to be solved is the existing environmental degradation, illustrated in Appendix A. The aim is to bring together practices and principles aimed at providing greater equality, dignity and citizenship, preparing the community to act on their behalf. Public policies must be put in place so that vulnerable communities have access to the basics, to the existential minimum, and so that they can develop with greater dignity. The methodology used is analytical and investigative, because in addition to listing the principles to be observed for the final result, it brought to the work the investigation of the vulnerable area under study. Building an ethical and conscious mentality with regard to environmental issues will be the population's contribution to their own well-being and better quality of life. It will be up to the public authorities to provide the necessary knowledge to the community through environmental education, as well as to expand their policies on garbage collection, maintenance and new actions in the sewage network and, in addition, to treat green and leisure areas with due importance, investing in cleaning and community leisure and sports facilities. As a means of popular participation, social cartography was chosen as a strategy for achieving the desired environmental justice. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]