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posted on 2012-10-03, 13:31 authored by Anna da Soledade VieiraThe interconnection of environmental pollution and
socioeconomic development is discussed, taking
information as the starting point. Information in
this field has been developed, and the ensuing problems
considered, in the international forum by
United Nations Agencies and Conferences, and at a
national level by the Brazilian Federal Government.
The main problems relating to the pollution of the
Brazilian environment are introduced, and Governmental
policy - internal and external - is shown on
the national plane to be somewhat uncoordinated, and
on the international plane to be rather resistant to
external pressures. This limits both the development
of a national environmental information system, and
the participation of Brazil in the international
exchange of information and ideas. Environmental information is focused at the international
level through UNEP's systems, and the Brazilian situation
is presented comprehensively through the data collected
in sixty-two environmental agencies. These agencies
were surveyed with the twofold objective of: a. analysing the generation of information and the
pattern of its use by the Brazilian environmental
agencies in their decision-making process, and b. investigating how the variables of region and task
influence the pattern of information use by environmental
managers. The analysis has been based mainly on the interviews
conducted with the managers in charge of environmental
pollution control in Brazil, and involved the following
steps: a. the identification of managerial functions and tasks
in the field of environmental pollution control; b. the identification of information needs related to
each task; c. the analysis of regional characteristics related to
tasks and information needs; d. the analysis of both regional and task characteristics
related to the sources of information used by the
managers. Some alternative solutions towards an environmental
information policy are proposed, taking into account
managerial information needs, information units already
existing with greater potential for contributing to this
field and the national and regional political background.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
Publisher
© Anna da Soledade VieiraPublication date
1980Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en