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| Author(s): |
Katty Maria da Costa Mattos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2002-12-19 |
| Examining board members: |
Valdir Schalch;
Eduardo Delgado Assad;
Nilson Augusto Villa Nova;
Marcelo Pereira de Souza;
Francisco Arthur da Silva Vecchia
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| Advisor: | Arthur Mattos |
| Abstract | |
Concern about environmental problems turns up as an important element regarding material and economical growth and life quality. Due natural resources shortage, alternatives have been quested for socioeconomic development is sustainable. Impact by agro-industrial sector in environmental hazarding is significant, so it is fundamental negative externalities caused by productive process in environment are considered, as well as need of economical internalization of those effects. Natural capital introduction in economical analysis is necessary once environmental degradation costs and natural resources consumption have not been added in to productive processes, being evaluated natural stocks flows and contributing for a sustainable scale deftnition of economy. When these industrial organizations comprise a great productive area of country, for example alcohol industry assemblage case, problems caused by sugar-cane plantation burning become fundamental. Therefore, a study of alcohol industry sector was accomplished using raw cane, analyzing and quantifying straw and pulp several uses, and environmental effects, being avoided impacts caused by sugar-cane burning at environment and a possible economical viability using economical valuation method. (AU) | |