Industrial agglomeration and the environment in debate: the case of the textile-clothing sector within the micro-region of the Alto Vale do Itajaí – Santa Catarina
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2010v9n16p225Abstract
This article looks at the genesis of and transformations within the textileclothing
industry in the upper Itajaí Valley micro-region, state of Santa
Catarina, during the 1990s. We attempt to describe and evaluate its major
forms of social and environmental impact. Our research employs both qualitative
and quantitative approaches, combining semi-structured interviews
with question forms applied to the key-actors. Results show that this
industrial clustering is informal in nature and characterized by low levels
of inter and intra-firm cooperation. Further findings reveal the limitations
of the industry’s engagement with social and environmental issues, and
with the long term, in general. From a socio-environmental perspective,
the industry’s activity within this region has propagated numerous biophysical
and social effects. Nonetheless, there is also some indication of
actions suggesting a gradual internalization of social-environmental issues
on the part of local actors.
Keywords: Sustainable territorial development, industrial clustering, social
and environmental impacts.
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