ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION AND AMBIENTAL PROJECTS OF BELA VISTA BIOLOGICAL REFUGE FOZ DO IGUAÇU-PR.

Abstract

This work aims to identify ways of perception of the residents of the Village " C " Foz do Iguaçu- PR with respect to the area of the Bela Vista Biological Refuge , a unit of protection created by the Itaipu since the time of its construction in 1970 to shelter animals that were rescued during the formation of the lake dam . Through the case study with the surrounding community , noting the issue of perception by these . The 120 respondents were randomly invited to submit their individual perceptions of the area, through a questionnaire with open and closed questions , in three parts , based on the proposed questionnaire Ana Maria Camargo Marangoni Marques (2005 ) . The methodology used was suggested by Whyte (1977 , apud BLEY 1996) , which covers a triangle formed by methodological research triad , that would be : observing , asking and listening and recording , adapted to the purposes it was intended to achieve. For this study it was based on a phenomenological approach to perception of geography , landscape , observing the relationship between man and the environment.