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| Author(s): |
Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) |
| Defense date: | 2008-10-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Claudia Maria Bógus;
Rosilda Mendes;
Helena Ribeiro
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| Advisor: | Claudia Maria Bógus |
| Abstract | |
The opposition between low income population housing and the environmental sustainability is a constant in Brazilian cities. The Environmental Neighborhood Program arose from the necessity of adjustment for better housing conditions and for the preservation of the water resources of Basin Billings, located in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo. Its proposal is the revision of the new water resource protection law which contemplates a model based on the decentralization, integration, participation of the local councils and segments of society, combined with the City Statute. Objective - To evaluate the Sao Bernardo do Campos Environmental Neighborhood Program from the health promotion and the sustainable development perspective. Taking the strategies from Agenda 21 and Healthy Cities social agendas into consideration, it was analysed the process of participation and empowerment, which are both considered as elements of strength and qualification of individuals and communities in order to extend the possibilities of having desired changes in the environment where they live, searching for better life quality. Methodology - it was used the following instruments of methodology; bibliographical research, documentary research, individual questionnaires, interviews and focal groups with structuralized scripts. Results - a description of the program was done with its implantation and development process based on the adopted theoretical references. It was identified that the participation in the implementation of the program benefited the individual and community empowerment. There was a participation process in the program development, despite some reports on compulsory participation. Conclusions - the results reached in each of its specific objectives allowed the analysis of the Environmental Neighborhood Program, under the perspective of the health promotion and the sustainable development, considering the agendas of local implementation: Healthful Cities and Agenda 21, with focus on the principles of participation and empowerment. (AU) | |