A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais

Since late 17th century, quartzites have been used for houses construction and road pavement in Ouro Preto. Until today, this stone is extracted from the surroundings of the city, where it is also processed. Despite of that, little is known about the characteristics of this activity. In this work, e...

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Autores principales: Mariangela Garcia-Praça Leite, Maria Augusta Gonçalves-Fujaco
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Publicado: El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C. 2013
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a6027bee06664e9b9b0bf3a47c03cc832021-11-11T14:47:35ZA atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais1405-84212448-6183https://doaj.org/article/a6027bee06664e9b9b0bf3a47c03cc832013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11124810007https://doaj.org/toc/1405-8421https://doaj.org/toc/2448-6183Since late 17th century, quartzites have been used for houses construction and road pavement in Ouro Preto. Until today, this stone is extracted from the surroundings of the city, where it is also processed. Despite of that, little is known about the characteristics of this activity. In this work, eight quartzite processing enterprises were identified, to which three open questionnaires were applied (enterprises¿ managers, employees and environmental issues). The enterprises have an average of 11 years of activity, hiring between 2 and 20 people. Most of the employees haven¿t finished elementary school and did not attend professional courses. As for environmental issues, the enterprises do not have waste management plans, which suggest that the activity is far from being sustainable.Mariangela Garcia-Praça LeiteMaria Augusta Gonçalves-FujacoEl Colegio Mexiquense, A.C.articlequartziteprocessingouro pretoCities. Urban geographyGF125Urban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395ENESPTEconomía, Sociedad y Territorio, Vol 13, Iss 41, Pp 227-243 (2013)
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topic quartzite
processing
ouro preto
Cities. Urban geography
GF125
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
spellingShingle quartzite
processing
ouro preto
Cities. Urban geography
GF125
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
Mariangela Garcia-Praça Leite
Maria Augusta Gonçalves-Fujaco
A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
description Since late 17th century, quartzites have been used for houses construction and road pavement in Ouro Preto. Until today, this stone is extracted from the surroundings of the city, where it is also processed. Despite of that, little is known about the characteristics of this activity. In this work, eight quartzite processing enterprises were identified, to which three open questionnaires were applied (enterprises¿ managers, employees and environmental issues). The enterprises have an average of 11 years of activity, hiring between 2 and 20 people. Most of the employees haven¿t finished elementary school and did not attend professional courses. As for environmental issues, the enterprises do not have waste management plans, which suggest that the activity is far from being sustainable.
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author Mariangela Garcia-Praça Leite
Maria Augusta Gonçalves-Fujaco
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Maria Augusta Gonçalves-Fujaco
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title A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
title_short A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
title_full A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
title_fullStr A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
title_full_unstemmed A atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de Ouro Preto-Brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
title_sort atividade de beneficiamento de quartzitos na cidade de ouro preto-brasil: características gerais e principais impactos ambientais
publisher El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C.
publishDate 2013
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