A contribuição da psicologia ambiental na abordagem do impacto de ruído e vibrações oriundo de desmonte de rocha de atividade de mineração

Abstract

The following paper presents a preliminary reflection on the issue of nuisance noise and vibrations arising from mining activities, more specifically the detonations of rock blasting and their initial processing, present in inhabited areas in the vicinity of the deposits being explored. This reflection is developed from the approach of environmental psychology, based on case studies developed in localities of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in which exist disputes with judicial intervention to harmonize coexistence between communities and companies, minimally based on legality, envisioning less stressful and more fruitful neighborhood relations. Two focal points discussed here consist of how to deal with the persistence of discomfort even when it is proven that the activity operates within the current regulatory standards; and how to assess the harm caused by this type of inconvenience outside and within normative standards. The result of this reflection is important for promoting the quality of life in the neighborhood bordering the aforementioned mining activities, and which are in a situation of potentially more critical vibroacoustic exposure, through the definition of compatible and coherent mitigations in the terms of agreement of conduct established between public prosecutors and mining companies, for a more sustainable operating scenario.