Contribuição do ecoturismo para o uso sustentável dos recursos hídricos do município de Rondonópolis - MT
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2015-12-04
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Campos, Manoel Benedito Nirdo da Silva
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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
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The Municipality of Rondonópolis possesses several touristic attractions such as a great
diversity of waterfalls and little beaches located in the surroundings of the urban area, which
attract tourists from various locations. Aiming to understand how ecotourism can contribute
to the conservation of water resources in the leisure areas, as well as their potential
development of touristic activities in those places. To achieve the proposed objective, there
was an analysis of the generation of social and environmental benefits in which it has opted
for a qualitative and quantitative approach seeking to establish the utilization frequency of the
users through questionnaires, photographic survey and Likerts scale of five points, seeking
data to draw the profile of users that would help to understand the use related to ecotourism
activities. The study is justified by the inexistence of methodological and theoretical
framework of the theme in question. The research was conducted in three methodological
steps: bibliographical research, identification of leisure areas and thematic maps elaboration
for representation of touristic potential. The procedures included the use of various techniques
subsidized in remote sensing and geoprocessing tools that allowed the analysis and spatial
distribution of tourism activities of the main leisure areas. The spatial distribution of the
waterfalls and its surroundings, we observe the biophysical characters such as: the endemic
vegetation, the cachoeiras, the waterfalls, the rocky outcrops, rivers, little beaches and
espraiados. The results showed a correct perception of respondents on existing interrelationships between ecotourism practices and the sustainable use of water resources. In
conclusion though, a long way must be performed in order to prevent the economic benefits
of ecotourism generate an inappropriate exploitation of natural resources, causing
environmental problems, particularly to water resources in the surroundings.
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CAMPOS, Manoel Benedito Nirdo da Silva. Contribuição do ecoturismo para o uso sustentável dos recursos hídricos do município de Rondonópolis - MT. 2015. 119 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Geografia) - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Rondonópolis, 2015.