Nemésio Neves Batista Salvador

Cleaner Production and Environmental Impact Assessment: a UK perspective

Abstract The objective of this work is to discuss the links between Cleaner Production (CP) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) practices, within the perspective of the principal European legislation on these matters, which will become operational in 1999. The discussion is centred on the main opportunities and institutional problems to be faced in bringing these practices together, with a particular emphasis on the EIA practices which have been developed in the UK. A proposed procedure is outlined which brings CP and EIA practices closer together, establishing a formal link between them so that companies develop preliminary CP proposals within the EIA process.

SISTEMA DE APOIO À GESTÃO DE ÁREAS VERDES NA PRESERVAÇÃO PERMANENTE DE CORPOS HÍDRICOS URBANOS

The conservation of urban green areas is among the key strategies for achieving healthy and sustainable cities. However, the multiplicity of the involved factors requires an integrated analysis by means of a logical and structured procedure. Therefore, this article aims to present the proposal for a decision support system for the management of green areas in public domain, in areas of permanent preservation of urban water bodies. For its development, guidelines of the plannning method through scenarios were adopted, by which the aspects related to the problem and routing solutions were analysed. The main used materials correspond to the works of technical literature and legislation, raised through search terms along with bibliographic and legislative seats. From the analysis of these materials, we studied the actual functions of these areas of permanent preservation and the factors affecting their performance and protection. As a result, we obtained a structured model in key decision for the selection of the location alternatives and their function-space capability.