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BLUE BUSINESS DESIGN (BBD):

A METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING BUSINESS

SECTORS FOR BRAZILIAN COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES

Sergio Ricardo da Silveira Barros
Paschoal Prearo Junior
Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira
Aldo Aloísio Dantas da Silva

1. Defining adjacent coastal and maritime territories in Brazil and
their socioeconomic importance

The definition of coastal zone is much dis- As it is an extremely important geo-
cussed nowadays, and it can be considered graphic space for the State, it was included
the interface between land, atmosphere and in the Brazilian Federal Constitution (1988)
the ocean, or the space where the influence as an area of national heritage. According
of the sea ends and the influence of the land to the National Coastal Management Plan
begins, or vice versa. Being an intermediate I and II (Law 7,661 of 1988; CIRM/PNGC
space between the lithosphere, atmosphere II, 1997), the coastal zone is considered
and hydrosphere, its limits are very difficult a geographic space for the interaction of
to establish. As there is no rigid system for air, sea, and land, including any associated
defining a coastal zone that must be fol- renewable resources, covering a maritime
lowed internationally, each country adapts band and a land band.
its system and definition, depending on the The current relations of society in the
conditions, its capabilities, and its objectives coastal zone established a concept of
in approaching the topic. The coastal zone chrematistic value, that is, the value of
can be considered a macro-geoenvironmen- these spaces is formed by a real estate
tal system formed in the area of direct in- market, in the face of scarcity and avail-
teraction between the oceanic domain and ability for future uses. According to Moraes
the terrestrial domain. Comprising different (1999), its spaces are classified as rare, with
landscapes, it harbors a diversity of highly a privileged location, finite and relative-
fragile ecosystems (BARROS, 2007). ly scarce, endowed with specificities and

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