Pedagogical Sustainability Project
Addressing Environmental Problems
in Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil
Regina Célia Soares Pereira , Sandro Carlos Pereira,
Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, and Luis Borges Gouveia
1 Introduction
In recent decades, the municipality of Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil has suffered frequent
environmental impacts due to the disordered urbanisation process. Another factor that
contributed to the anthropic effects was the temporary tourism, occurring unplanned,
increasing the pollution of Araruama lagoon and decreasing the water supply, particularly in the most remote neighbourhoods of the tourist centres, besides significantly
increasing solid waste (SW) in the city and on the beaches of the region (Romão
2018; Pereira et al. 2019).
According to surveys of basic sanitation from the Brazil Institute (BI 2018), the
population of the municipality of Cabo Frio is 216,030 inhabitants. Data from the
Brazil Institute show that of the total population, only 159,204 (73.70%) have access
to clean water and 56,826 (26.30%) do not yet have this service. Regarding sewage
collection, the Brazil Institute points out that only 129,055 (59.74%) of the population have this infrastructure, leaving 86,975 (40.26%) citizens out of these essential
R. C. S. Pereira (B) · S. C. Pereira · L. B. Gouveia
University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: rsoarespereira7@gmail.com
S. C. Pereira
e-mail: sandropereira050@gmail.com
L. B. Gouveia
e-mail: lmbg@ufp.edu.pt
R. C. S. Pereira
Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF), Estrada dos Búzios, S/N, Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil
M. A. P. Dinis
UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa
(UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: madinis@ufp.edu.pt
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_30
453
Addressing Environmental Problems
in Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil
Regina Célia Soares Pereira , Sandro Carlos Pereira,
Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, and Luis Borges Gouveia
1 Introduction
In recent decades, the municipality of Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil has suffered frequent
environmental impacts due to the disordered urbanisation process. Another factor that
contributed to the anthropic effects was the temporary tourism, occurring unplanned,
increasing the pollution of Araruama lagoon and decreasing the water supply, particularly in the most remote neighbourhoods of the tourist centres, besides significantly
increasing solid waste (SW) in the city and on the beaches of the region (Romão
2018; Pereira et al. 2019).
According to surveys of basic sanitation from the Brazil Institute (BI 2018), the
population of the municipality of Cabo Frio is 216,030 inhabitants. Data from the
Brazil Institute show that of the total population, only 159,204 (73.70%) have access
to clean water and 56,826 (26.30%) do not yet have this service. Regarding sewage
collection, the Brazil Institute points out that only 129,055 (59.74%) of the population have this infrastructure, leaving 86,975 (40.26%) citizens out of these essential
R. C. S. Pereira (B) · S. C. Pereira · L. B. Gouveia
University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: rsoarespereira7@gmail.com
S. C. Pereira
e-mail: sandropereira050@gmail.com
L. B. Gouveia
e-mail: lmbg@ufp.edu.pt
R. C. S. Pereira
Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF), Estrada dos Búzios, S/N, Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil
M. A. P. Dinis
UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa
(UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: madinis@ufp.edu.pt
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_30
453