Residential environmental quality (REQ) affects human health and of life (QoL). Therefore, this study as sessed residents’ perception the REQ Yenagoa metropolis. Data for were sourced from 400 administered questionnaires, which required respondents to rate their based on seven selected indicators (air quality, drinking water housing location, sanitation, waste management, accessibility noise po...

This article tests the hypothesis that the exposure to the threat to societies posed by the introduction of new technologies is associated with a normalization of risk perception. Data collected in 2000 by the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) on environmental issues were used to explore this hypothesis. Representative samples from 25 countries were employed to assess the national le...

This article aims to verify the residents’ perception difference on the environmental quality of two localities near the construction area of the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro. Nine environmental quality aspects (water supply services, sewage and garbage collection; leisure areas; public security; health services; streets; air; rivers) were evaluated. Cross-sectional study conducted w...