Environmental challenges and strategies for conducting research and programmes of social intervention

// ABSTRACT IN PORTUGUESE: Este trabalho discute os desafios que se colocam à sociedade contemporânea no âmbito do combate à vulnerabilidade social, realça a importância da abordagem holística dos problemas socioambientais através da integração transversal e simultânea das dimensões social, ambienta...

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Published inAmbiente & sociedade Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 146 - 155
Main Authors Alvino-Borba, Andreilcy, Mata-Lima, Abel, Mata-Lima, Herlander
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published 01.01.2012
Subjects
Development programmes
Environmental policy
Environmental quality
Government programmes
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Social integration
Social participation
Stakeholder
State intervention
Sustainability
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Summary:// ABSTRACT IN PORTUGUESE: Este trabalho discute os desafios que se colocam à sociedade contemporânea no âmbito do combate à vulnerabilidade social, realça a importância da abordagem holística dos problemas socioambientais através da integração transversal e simultânea das dimensões social, ambiental e económica da sustentabilidade e exorta para a necessidade do uso combinado de métodos qualitativos e quantitativos como forma de compreender o fenômenos ambientais e sociais e implementar programas de intervenção sustentáveis. // ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This article discusses challenges concerning contemporary society with respect to social vulnerability. The role of holistic approach to face socio-environmental problems by integration of the sustainability dimensions is also addressed. Finally, an approach that combines qualitative and quantitative methods is recommended as the appropriate way to understand socio-environmental processes, and perform sustainable programmes. Reprinted by permission of Ambiente & Sociedade
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