Indicadores de sustentabilidade: um estudo a partir da percepção dos atores sociais do município de Pombal-PB.

Abstract

Problems that envolve the susteinability is a quite relevant factor for the society, once the environmental wear grows up so quickly that the natural resources are running out due to impacts caused by the human actions. This research aims to analyze the perception of the social actors regarding sustainability indicators more important for the municipality of the Pombal PB, and from this, identify the social sustainability index, based in the social, environmental, economic, cultural, demographic and political-institutional dimensions. This work explores the concept of the sustainable development, its dimensions and some models of the sustainability’s indicators. The data of the research were treated as from the qualitative and quantitative analysis, directed by a case study, using primary and secondary data. The results show the municipality of the Pombal features IDSMP (Participatory Municipal Sustainable Development Index) in critical condition for the cultural dimension, and the other feature acceptable level. The degree of the importance given by social actors to the dimensions cited was ranked between medium and high priority. The model used for this research will can be used in future researches, in the municipality with inhabitants of the different numbers and will inable the menagers the search for a fairer and balanced society