Análise da percepção dos munícipes de urbanização sobre a importância do exercício da cidadania ambiental

Abstract

The current study with the subject perception of the residents of Urbanização neighborhood on the importance of environmental citizenship, aims to analyze the perception of the residents of Urbanização on the importance of exercising environmental citizenship. It is an exploratory qualitative research. For data collection used the semi-structured interview and systematic observation. For the extraction of the sample used non-probabilistic sampling by convenience, having interviewed a total of 20 people. The results of the research showed that in the neighborhood of Urbanização, although the residents have restrictions to conceptualize environmental citizenship, they know that it is important because it contributes to environmental quality, health quality; well-being and economic development of the neighborhood, however there are few who in their daily lives exercise it through individual and/or collective actions. For this reason there is a need for residents who, in an isolated way, exercise environmental citizenship in the neighborhood, together with local authorities, to develop mechanisms for the implementation of citizenship education activities at the local level that aspire to make other residents conscious of their rights and duties that constitute environmental citizenship.