Assessing social compliance for waste water management in urban areas of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Résumé
The object of our study is a hardly used flood detention pond of about 1 Ha crossed by two sewage contaminated creeks, situated within a low-income, urban area without parks or leisure equipments. This area should by revitalized by creating a multifunctional zone for flood detention, in-stream treatment waste water facility and leisure zone for the community. A part of the project was the evaluation of community compliance for the new infrastructure. The social mapping was done involving the network of Brazilian public health, helping to introduce a questionnaire to 1% of the households within 1 kilometre distance of the future wetland. The use of gender oriented questionnaires, combined with GIS can reveal some interesting aspects. The inhabitants see as main problem of their living area the unsafety and consequently they desire a safe community space with good management in the area to be revitalized. The majority is keen to participate in the management through environmental education and community organization. Though the global tendency is the same for young and adults and for men and women, some significative differences between these groups exist. In general, children and women are, more cooperative than men.
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