The lack or precariousness of basic sanitation as an adequate cause of environmental damage is a determinant to establish State liability. In this context, the formulation of effective public policies becomes relevant, in ...

Environmental issues have been gradually acquiring importance in the Brazilian legislation. An environmental stance inclusion and a sustainable development conception resemble the need for discussions concerning consumerism, ...

A partir dos movimentos sócio-ambientais surgidos na década de 1960, observou-se uma crescente preocupação com a deterioração do meio ambiente e com a participação social de intervir nas decisões públicas sobre o uso correto ...

The principle of precaution surges as a political and judicious instrument to manage risks within cases in which there is a prevailing scientific uncertainty about the repercussions that new scientific discoveries and ...

This dissertation analyses the labor environment in Brazil, emphasizing particularly the building construction, through official data analysis concerning work accidents and the main professional diseases in this sector, ...

The present study is about the urban development plans, as instmments of urban policy and a means to guaTantee the quality of life in urban areas. After presenting the evolution and de principies of the Brazilian Enviromnental ...

The natural patrimony is an environmental good which is protected by the law. The landscape, one of the ways in which this patrimony is presented, offers innumerable environmental services, such as ecological, aesthetic ...

Technological advancements have brought much concern in regards to the irreversibility of the consequences that Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) might cause to the environment and to future generations. Therefore, ...

The present research deals with the management of ecological risks in exploration of oil in the pre-salt layer, focusing on the incidence of the precautionary principle, as well as at the opening of the decision-making ...