ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION OLD PEIRÓPOLIS RESIDENTS, UBERABA, MG: REFLECTIONS RELEVANT TO SUSTAINABILITY

• Autor(a) principal: Motta Palermo, Pedro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Tambellini, Mariângela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Desenvolvimento Social (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/rds/article/view/1976
• topic: Sustentabilidade; Percepção Ambiental; Ecologia Humana

Especially due to the impacts of agricultural and livestock activities in the Cerradoregions are important studies related to Human Ecology. On these studies, we believeare necessary not only raising sustainable behaviors and activities, as well as theobservation of aspects of human subjectivity. The Peirópolis-MG neighborhood isfrequented due to environmental tourist attractions and paleontological. Older residentsof the neighborhood were using available resources of flora as medicines and food,especially in the manufacture of homemade candy. Even today Peirópolis candy areknown and sold, but the ingredients are not produced locally. This study aimed to  identify perceptions about changes in the environment and society arising from theneighborhood urbanization process. Prior visits were carried out to know the place andthe people. From this it selected a group of six women, because they are old residents ofthe neighborhood and because he has or had activities related to the use of naturalresources. The interviews revealed the importance attributed to intensive agriculture as afactor responsible for changes in the neighborhood in recent years, evaluated negatively.The urbanization resulting from tourist activities was assessed as positive or negativeimpact on the community.