Environmental quality in mid-sized cities: case study of the city of Campos dos Goytacazes

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  • Jane Ilce Barreto de Souza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-4560.20090006

Keywords:

Environmental quality. Mid-sized cities. Traffic. Verticalization process. Campos dos Goytacazes.

Abstract

This work analyzes the urban environmental quality of Campos dos Goytacazes, a mid-sized city located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The evaluation was based on indicators associated to local traffic and verticalization process. Inhabitants of the most populated areas were interviewed in order to depict the main disturbances caused by traffic intensification and urban verticalization. According to the interviewed, life and environmental quality has suffered severe deterioration, disturbing dwellers in terms of increasing amount of neighbors, noise levels, loss of individual freedom (parking, lack of privacy in recreational and private living areas), and consequent property devaluation.

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Environmental quality in mid-sized cities: case study of the city of Campos dos Goytacazes. Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 117–134, 2010. DOI: 10.5935/2177-4560.20090006. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/2177-4560.20090006.. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.