O MÉTODO AD HOC NA AVALIAÇÃO DE IMPACTOS AMBIENTAIS

Abstract

The increase in the world population and their respective demands for natural resources have brought marked changes in environmental maintenance and balance, with the impact a nation's health, well-being, social development, and economic growth; what makes these agendas frequent and important objects of debates to science, politics, and economics. To contribute to these debates, the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) is an important instrument for evaluating projects and making more assertive decisions with a view to more sustainable development. The Ad Hoc method, although it presents a high degree of subjectivity, is still pointed out as one of the most accessible methods for structuring an EIA, as it presents an organized, quick, and easy interpretation of the data by the general public, showing in a clear way the environmental impacts. Several methodologies can be used for EIA, such as Checklists, Interaction Matrices, Interaction Networks (Networks), Superposition of Graphics and Simulation Models, highlighting that,  regardless of the evaluation method to be chosen, the objective must be well-being environmental, social, and economic, in other words, the sustainable development.