Abstract
Today, issues related to environmental themes have aroused the interest of society and especially the members of the scientific community. Considering the importance of the environment and the impact that its care or degradation has on the planet, we sought to identify the social representations of the environment and water. The sample comprised 150 people of the city of Florianópolis, SC. half of each sex, divided into three age groups, who answered questions on free evocations, with the inductive terms of “environment” and “water.” The responses were treated by programs such as Evoc, Similitude, andSPAD 7 and analyzed through the theory of the central nucleus. The results indicate that the social representation of the environment is formed by the resources that compose it, concerns regarding care, and its role as a health care provider. The social representation of water back up to its everyday use , as a provider of health and life; still comes to their degradation. We identified relations between representations as well as differences according to age of respondents.
Social Representation; Environment; Water; Free Evocation
