Cumulative Environmental Vulnerability Assessment in the Area of Influence of the Pecém Port Industrial Complex (Ceará, Brazil): A Spatial Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorSantos-Junior, Norberto
dc.contributor.authorBraga, Jose Ueleres
dc.contributor.authorMaciel, Elvira Maria Godinho de Seixas
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-29T20:28:27Z
dc.date.available2024-11-29T20:28:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe municipalities of Caucaia and São Gonçalo do Amarante are located in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza (CE) and are home to the Pecém Port Industrial Complex (PPIC). We know that economic development is not necessarily related to improvements in the quality of life of the population. Furthermore, the bonuses and burdens of this particular installation can occur unevenly. This study aimed to assess the cumulative environmental vulnerability of these municipalities. We used the cumulative environmental vulnerability assessment methodology to assess the population’s degree of vulnerability, considering census sectors as a spatial unit. This approach combines three indices: environmental risk index, social vulnerability index, and health index. Finally, we calculated the arithmetic mean of each indicator in each census sector. We built choropleth maps to assess the spatial distribution of environmental vulnerability. We found that many maps demonstrated high cumulative environmental vulnerability census sectors around the PPIC, while the Caucaia, located downtown, exhibited a substantial majority of the low cumulative environmental vulnerability census sectors. The district of Guararu, in Caucaia, was notable for having proportionally more census sectors with high health index values. Environmental vulnerability was heterogeneously distributed, and the most impoverished areas are also the most vulnerable.
dc.identifier.citationSantos-Junior N, Braga JU, Maciel EMGS. Cumulative Environmental Vulnerability Assessment in the Area of Influence of the Pecém Port Industrial Complex (Ceará, Brazil): A Spatial Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 1;18(5):2404. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052404.
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052404
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.inc.saude.gov.br/handle/123456789/629
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.subjectenvironmental healthen
dc.subjectenvironmental pollutantsen
dc.subjectair pollutionen
dc.subjectspatial analysis.en
dc.titleCumulative Environmental Vulnerability Assessment in the Area of Influence of the Pecém Port Industrial Complex (Ceará, Brazil): A Spatial Analysis
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