Municipal environmental policies in the sisal identity territory: a perspective on information publicity

Abstract

This article aims to analyze environmental policies in the twenty municipalities comprising the Territory of Sisal from the perspective of information publicity. To do so, a survey of primary and secondary data was conducted on the municipalities’ websites, newspaper articles, social media and public documents. The data were analyzed from simple representations in a descriptive format, examining the environmental policies in each municipality and the opportunities provided to promote public participation in the initiatives. The study is divided into four parts. The first part presents the theoretical approach of the main concepts based on a bibliographical review to illustrate the referred context, followed by the characterization of the researched region. The second part highlights the results. The third part composes the discussion and the fourth and last part presents concluding remarks. The results obtained indicate a deficiency in publicity within the municipal management of the majority of the places researched, as well as the total absence in some of them. The study presents some experiences with participatory elements relating their ability to influence environmental policies and the quality of public information. The results obtained are capable of generating knowledge and subsidies for the improvement of strategies for implementing environmental policies, aiming to enhance the dissemination of public actions towards contributing to the State fulfilling its role of raising awareness and involving the population in environmental issues of municipalities.