Waterfalls, Economic Exploitation and Environmental Protection
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Abstract
The present article aims to analyze the legal treatment given to the waterfalls in Brazil, which is a topic almost ignored by the doctrine and that, nowadays, has greater importance due to the population growth, the search for leisure and also the water crisis, with reflections over the power consumption and generation. Therefore, a study was carried out about the complex relationship regarding the environmental asset water, which is of public nature, the buildings around it, usually private properties, the economic exploitation and the social aspects. A deductive methodology was used, with legal, bibliographic and case law research. Through this approach, it is intended to have, as a result, the recognition of the importance of this issue and its study in depth. The conclusion is that the use and exploitation of the waterfalls should conciliate the social, economic and environmental aspects, ensuring, at the same time, leisure and environmental preservation.
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