Valoração e percepção ambiental: estudo de caso no baixo curso do rio Cocó, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Beatriz França Machado Alves de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Mendonça, Kamila Vieira de, Matos, Fábio de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/52542
• topic: Percepção ambiental; Economia ambiental; Cocó

The River Cocó has a main water resources in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza and containing multiple uses throughout its course and mangroves. In this sense, the present study aimed to estimate the environmental economic value of a stretch of river located in its lower course and check the environmental awareness of residents and regulars of the place. The average DAP found was R$ 1.93 per capita per month and the average monthly amount of R$ 82,175.54 considering the total population of the surroundings of the study area. According to the environmental perception of respondents, the well-being and pleasure are the main benefits of the stretch to Fortaleza, in addition, 79% did not consume the fish of the region assigned to the visual appearance of the river and pollution of it.