The research strategy case study, even so very criticized, is chosen by a great number of researchers, with thesis, dissertations and articles published on different aspects in social sciences. The inquiries on ambient costs have demonstrated areas that are in continuous development, as the measurement, necessity of register, have controlled and management, for example. The objective of this article is to analyze the case studies that had approached the identification and measurement of the environmental costs. The Methodologies procedures used in this descriptive study were the bibliographical research, documentary and content analysis of the academic contributions, that is, 34 thesis and dissertations defended in recognized and credential programs of after-graduation for the Capes. It was founded that the used methodologies procedures more for collection of data had been interviews, documentary research and application of questionnaire. Most of the analyzed works did not establish a relation between the results gotten with the theoretical cited.
Case study; Environmental costs; Strategy of research; Methodology; Content analysis
