Concept of sustainability and waste and garbage treatment in Afuá, Pará: the residents' look and their awareness

• Grant number: 19/26260-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2020
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Urban and Regional Planning
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Maria Fonseca da Costa
• Grantee: Maria Eugênia Tuan e Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Federal Constitution of 1988 discusses the fundamental rights of the population, including education, health, food, work, housing, security, protection of motherhood and childhood, and assistance to the helpless. In urban areas of the Amazon, it can be said that these rights have not been provided to them. Residents of the small town of Afuá, located on the island of Marajó, are in a situation of social vulnerability, without access to basic sanitation. In this sense, this project aims to identify, through in locus data collection, data on the population's access to water supply and the end of urban sewage, from the small city of Afuá, Pará, to assess the social vulnerability of this population.