2010
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842010000600013
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Impacts of the globalized economy on the environment: the tanning industry in the Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Abstract: This case study analysed the impact of the global economy on the environment of the Vale do Rio do Sinos region in southern Brazil. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from social, cultural, economic and political agents in this region, and documents about the tanning industry were reviewed and analysed. Global perspectives and local conditions were brought together to understand the causes and consequences of social, political and economic structures and to evaluate the intrinsic associati… Show more

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“…Quanto à natureza, a pesquisa é aplicada, pois objetiva gerar conhecimentos para aplicação prática dirigidos à solução de problemas específi cos, que envolvem verdades e interesses locais. Em relação ao objetivo, a pesquisa tem caráter exploratório de levantamento de dados, utilizando uma abordagem quanliquatitativa (PRODANOV;FREITAS, 2013).…”
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“…Quanto à natureza, a pesquisa é aplicada, pois objetiva gerar conhecimentos para aplicação prática dirigidos à solução de problemas específi cos, que envolvem verdades e interesses locais. Em relação ao objetivo, a pesquisa tem caráter exploratório de levantamento de dados, utilizando uma abordagem quanliquatitativa (PRODANOV;FREITAS, 2013).…”
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“…The industrial operations from manufactures generates toxic substances that are dumped in riverbed receivers, emitted to the atmosphere and deposited in soils where its transformation as a point of arrival has ecosystems, generating effects, both for wildlife and for man (Ávila et al, 2015;Escapa and García, 2013;Figueiredo-Sganderla et al, 2010;Ramírez et al, 2012;Souza et al, 2016;Steffens et al, 2015). The pulp and paper industry is the sixth most polluting after oil, cement, leather, textile and steel industries (Cassanego and Droste, 2017;Pereira et al, 2009;Muthukumar and Vediyappan, 2010).…”
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confidence: 99%