Defining impact significance is the main technical task that influences decision-making
during the Environmental Licensing Procedure (ELP). The ELP begins with screening to …

A growing number of studies suggest a participatory ecosystem approach to support
decision-making toward resilience and sustainability in social-ecological systems. Social …

Human demands and activities introduce cross-scale pressures in different systems and
scales, affecting the provision of ecosystem services and causing an unbalanced effect on …

A novel blue planning discourse has been elevated through marine spatial planning (MSP)
discussions in Brazil since 2011, following the evolution of international ocean governance …

Agenda 21 is a globally coordinated action plan to promote sustainability and social
empowerment. Outcome evaluations of Agenda 21 show a failure both to provide results …

Ribeiro, VV; Póvoa, AA; De-la-Torre, GE, and Castro, ÍB, 2022. Indexing anthropogenic litter
as a contamination gradient from rivers to beaches in southeast Brazil. Journal of Coastal …

Social participation enriches decision-making and is considered a civil right in many
democratic countries, despite remaining a challenge. This paper presents evidence and …

Grandes cidades em todo mundo experimentaram o processo descrito por Lefebvre (1970)
de implosão e explosão, com uma ressignificação das relações entre cidade, indústria …

In recent years, the identification and economic valuation of ecosystem services have been
identified as an important tool to recognize and translate nature's contribution to people's …

Based on measurements and on the application of a numerical model, we assess for the first
time the Araçá bay hydrodynamics. Differing from most other studied tidal flats, the Araçá …