Diagnóstico dos impactos socioambientais causados pela ocupação de áreas de preservação permanente no perimetro urbano do municipio de Campos Novos – SC

Abstract

With the significant increase in population and the search for housing in urban centers, irregular occupations became a problem in Brazil, and it can be observed that many urban properties in the country are in this situation. Many occupations are done in Permanent Preservation Areas, which becomes a problem faced by the municipalities, besides causing the degradation of the environment. The present work sought to identify the situation of these areas, addressing the main socioenvironmental impacts caused by irregular human occupation and to identify through sampling the number of houses in preservation areas. Through field visits, it was possible to identify the impacts caused by the occupations, which are directly related to soil contamination, water contamination, air pollution, impoverishment of fauna and flora and alteration of the local landscape. It was still possible to observe in an excerpt from the water course that more than half of the confronting residences are in the area of environmental protection. From the result of the research, a didactic material was elaborated in order to sensitize the population through environmental education.