Conscientização ambiental na gestão pública: considerações sobre Juiz de Fora (MG)

Abstract

Considering modern life in big cities and the exponential growth of economic development, various environmental problems are emerging, in which way nature has been brutally affected. As a matter of fact, an environmental issue is increasingly being discussed in academia, politics and society. Given this, the objective of this paper is to understand how environmental awareness occurs in public management in Juiz de Fora (MG). In the methodology, a literary review of the works of the authors who use the theme most for theoretical basis on the theme is performed, following its later phase with the application of tracking interviews with public managers and city executives. It was also executed with a manager of an NGO (non-state public) that develops works related to the area, to understand a view on the environmental perception of these bodies. In addition, a bibliographic search performed on the official websites of public management bodies and consultation of their related documents. Finally, all data were subjected to a content analysis, reaching the following results: the biggest challenges of public management in relation to environmental awareness in Juiz de Fora (MG), related to the difficulty of economic development of the city with preservation of the environment. This mode, due to the rapid growth of the municipality, significantly increased the demand for environmental services and showed no change in the number of employees trained to meet this new demand, causing disruption to the responsible department, population and environment. In addition, environmental legislation has changed, facilitating or licensing some institutions environmentally, damaging nature.