EFEITOS DO ROMPIMENTO DA BARRAGEM DE FUNDÃO NO MUNICÍPIO DE BARRA LONGA, MINAS GERIAS

ALTERAÇÃO DA PAISAGEM, IMPACTOS AMBIENTAIS, SOCIAIS E CULTURAIS

Authors

  • Teresa Cristina Guerra de Andrade Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Keywords:

Keywords: Landscape; mining; environmental impact; environmental disaster.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The landscape reflects the relationship between human beings and the environment in face of different transformations occurring over time. Mining activities produce significant alterations of the landscape.  On November 5th, 2015, the Fundão waste dam broke in Mariana, Minas Gerais (Brazil). That disaster caused nineteen deaths and important environmental damages in the region, affecting several towns and cities, and destroying Bento Rodrigues, a sub-district of the municipality of Mariana. In Barra Longa, one of the municipalities affected by the disaster, it caused significant environmental impact, alteration of the landscape, contamination of Carmo and Gualaxo Rivers, damaging material cultural heritage and altering the way of life of the local population. This paper aims to identify the environmental impact of the rupture of the Fundão waste dam on the surrounding landscape. Its case study deals with the environmental damages affecting the municipality of Barra Longa, Minas Gerais.

 

Published

2019-06-28

How to Cite

EFEITOS DO ROMPIMENTO DA BARRAGEM DE FUNDÃO NO MUNICÍPIO DE BARRA LONGA, MINAS GERIAS: ALTERAÇÃO DA PAISAGEM, IMPACTOS AMBIENTAIS, SOCIAIS E CULTURAIS. (2019). Revista FÓRUM PATRIMÔNIO: Ambiente Construído E Patrimônio Sustentável, 10(1). https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/forumpatrimo/article/view/34026

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