Municipal Environmental System Structuring Strategy for Small and Medium-sized Municipalities
Environmental Management. Strategic Environmental Planning. Local Development.Sustainability.
Environmental management is a fundamental and necessary tool for reducing impacts linked to localactivities and enterprise. Although environmental management is deficient in many Brazilianmunicipalities, it is necessary and essential to improve the relationship between society and theenvironment. The National Environmental System gives municipalities the responsibility to legislate with a local focus on improving environmental quality and managing environmental impacts, allowing thisentity to develop and implement integrated environmental management systems. The implementation ofmunicipal environmental systems for small and medium-sized municipalities provides integrationbetween current legislation, local environmental management and local sustainable developmentresulting in the management of natural resources and reduction of local impacts effectively andefficiently. This study aims to develop a strategic plan for the structuring of municipal environmentalsystems in small and medium-sized municipalities, aiming to subsidize local environmental management.To carry out this study, a bibliometric survey was carried out, focusing on understanding the art of thesubject, followed by scientometric analysis. Then, a SWOT analysis was carried out in the four small andmedium-sized municipalities, through the application of a questionnaire, identifying the strengths andweaknesses, as opportunities and threats of local management. Subsequently, the GUT Matrix was usedto prioritize actions for strategic planning and the development of strategies aimed at creating theproposed plan. This study resulted in the preparation of articles for publication in national journals andevents, and in an explanatory strategic plan for the implementation of municipal environmental systemsfor small and medium-sized municipalities, enabling local management in an effective, efficient andeffective way.