Evaluation of the environmental community in face of the socioenvironmental changes produced by the implementation of the Açu Port Industrial Complex

Abstract

This paper discusses the evaluation of the environmental impacts within the Industrial Complex of Açu Port, (São João da Barra - RJ), with emphasis on the impact comes resulting from the process of urban density caused by the centralized power inherent in large projects like this. Th us, the present study measures and evaluates the impacts caused by the process of high density of AID (area of direct infl uence) of the enterprise. The methodology used is named Ecological Footprint, a tool to assess the impact of continuous population growth and its implications on the environmental resistance capacity of the area of investigation.

Keywords

• Avaliação de impacto ambiental. Pegada ecológica. Porto do Açu. São João da Barra.