Resumo

LINARD, Zoraia Úrsula Silva de Alencar; KHAN, Ahmad Saeed  e  LIMA, Patrícia Verônica Pinheiro-Sales. Perceptions of environmental impacts of ceramic industry in the municipality of state Crato Ceará, Brazil. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.48, pp.397-423. ISSN 2448-6183.

The aim of this study was to analyze the environmental impacts caused by the red ceramic industry, based on the vision of workers and residents in region from Crato - Ceará. Two indexes were calculated: IQA and ISA. The results showed that in the view of respondents the ceramic industry led to degradation. However, these activities were also responsible for creating new jobs.

Palavras-chave : Environmental impacts; ceramic industry; sustainable development.