at a glance

As damages have arisen as a result of the rapid urbanization that occurred in the area, it has become essential that mitigating technologies are used in order to reverse these effects. Such action would not be necessary if the growth of the Baixada de Jacarepaguá region had been paved by sustainable development. A rich history can be identified in human relations with the environment since their beginnings, when the human believed himself to be the spectator of nature, to the formulation of the concept of sustainable development.

Studies have been conducted which enable the physical description of the area under examination and also, exams were solicited by competent organizations to determine how to execute the environmental recuperation of Macrobacia de Jacarepaguá. Enacted laws are mentioned in the framework of the Environmental Legislation for the protection of water resources in Brazil and how they can benefit Macrobacia de Jacarepaguá.