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• TITLE: Social and Environmental Management in the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil

  AUTHORS: José Roberto Pereira, João Batista Rezende, Ana Alice Vilas Boas

  KEYWORDS: Municipalities, Public Administration, Environment, Sustainability

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.6 No.1, January 27, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to analyze the ability of the public management of environmental problems faced by the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The theoretical elements that underlie this article are related to environmental management and municipal public administration. We used the results of the natural vulnerability and the social potential of the indicator of municipal environmental management, as well as data on sanitation and waste disposal. The weaknesses of public administration are located in the counties of low population group. These municipalities do not have suitable structure, formal organization and power of decisiveness in dealing with environmental problems.