Estado da arte dos estudos sobre percepção ambiental no Brasil no período entre 2008 e 2015

Abstract

In this paper we characterized the academic production on Environmental Perception (EP) developed by brazilian Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Programs (PGP) in the great knowledge areas, with special attention in the production from Biological Sciences and Psychology, from 2008 to 2015. The research sought to continue the research of Vasco (2009), which made a similar survey between 1988 and 2007. We also aim to broaden the study above by pointing out the philosophical currents that direct the analyzed productions. We also intend to investigate how Biological Sciences has been dialoguing with Psychology in the study of EA. This paper has quantitative-qualitative methodological approach, and the State of the Art type of research was used. In the first stage, we identified brazilian Stricto Sensu PGPs that research Environmental Perception, as well as dissertations and theses which AP is its main theme. In the second step, we mapped the academic production about AP in several available repositories, creating a Database containing informations about the studies. In the third step, we analyzed critically the main characteristics inserted in the Database. From the built database, we note AP is studied in the large Areas of Environmental, Human, Biological, Social, Exact and Agrarian Sciences. In the investigation period, we identified 188 PPG productions in PA. The largest number of brazilian production is in the Northeast region, soon followed by the Southeast. Most of the researches adopted the qualitative methodology, with a structuralist philosophical current. The thematic focus of most surveys was AP on urban environment and AP on water resources, involving residents of the study site. In general, all the surveys have been relevant to a better understanding of the environmental problems raised by them. However, the confusion about philosophical currents and the lack of a better knowledge in the main works on AP are questions to be pointed out. The approach between Biological Sciences and Psychology in the researches in AP is still very discreet, so it´s necessary an effort from these areas to deep the study of environmental issues