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The Brazilian woodsy pastures areas, from the 1970 decade on, went through a significant change concerning the land use with the introduction of soya-bean. To make this culture planting happen, two factors were important: the public policies and the projects established by the Estate to promote economical development in these areas. Thus, the project for the agriculture modernization aroused by the Green Revolution was consolidated. The Middle- West region, which then was occupied by Southern settlers, is inserted in this context. In particular, in Mato Grosso do Sul, the first colonists settled down where it is today the city of Chapadão do Sul, in the final of the 1970 decade. A new social and spacial configuration was delineated in this region. Therefore, the changes in the productive system that took place with the introduction of the agricultural modernization caused economical, social, environmental and cultural changes in the city. We can notice the replacement of the natural economy by agricultural activities integrated to industry, which gave birth to a new division of work and a constant search for the specialization of products due to the changes in the technical basis of production. For all this, the present study aimed to know the modernization process and the agricultural development established in Chapadão do Sul-MS, from the 1980 decade on, evaluating the changes occurred.

The present work has the objective of study de urban space and criminality of the Northwest Region of Goiania, at its inhabitants perspective. This region results from the population that, at the strenth for a home, occupied a part of an abandoned farm aroud the city, at the 70`s, what resulted the political violence. Then the city public power desaproprieted the area, consolidating the urban occupation. Later, this region was abandoned by public power. The increasing number of steals and robs to the people and to the patrimony, the few number of the militar and civilian polices, the use of drugs, and the shortage of political social inclusion, the population`s unhappyness and inphastructure, leisure and culture explain why the Goiania`s Northwest region is, nowadays, the most violent metropolitan region. Here are some alternatives for the fragile citizenship situation, which accepts or make part of the urban violence that characterizes the Northwest region, alterates itself, improving life conditions of the population and modify its inserction in the urban goianiense metropolis.

This dissertation is organized in three chapters. In the first, we reflect on how the environment is treated by geography to subsidize Environmental Education. In the second chapter, we review the origin of projects in the New School, besides enlarging on the concept of projects in Environmental Education. In the third, we present a description of the projects carried out in our research, the paths followed, changes in plans, difficulties encountered and perspectives as to the continuation of our work. We set the following objectives for the realization of the research: to study the contributions of pedagogical projects in the praxis of Environmental Education for the training of technicians in environment from Federal Agrotechnical School of Uberlândia; to analyze the pertinence of pedagogical projects in the training of technicians in environment, who will serve as agents of Environmental Education in the institution of learning itself; to verify how work offers with Environmental Education projects determines a character transformation in student practices; to diagnose production potential of related knowledge as to local questions (productive and pedagogical sectors of the School) and the participation/intervention in this reality; to evaluate the results of this practice, offering contributions for future work of Environmental Education in the Federal Agrotechnical School of Uberlândia and other institutions of learning. We applied research/action to carry out projects of Environmental Education, since this methodology establishes close association with an action or with the solution of collective problems and with which, researchers and participants are involved in a cooperative and/or participative way.

The present dissertation has the interactions between the university and the society as its background for the research which focus on the environment. To do so, 27 (twenty-seven) dissertations and a thesis (all of them accomplished by the post-graduation program of Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Geography Institute) were taken into consideration. Such works date back to the year 2000, when the results of the program were first presented for appraisal, and July 2007. The studies cover several topics of the environmental issue in Uberlândia-MG which was chosen in order to restrict the searched field. A methodology of analysis was developed for the purpose of presenting a picture of the trends which have or not influenced the selected works. We tried to achieve this task by basing on a series of epistemological and theoretical references taken from authors who have been talking over new challenges for social sciences and humanities in general and geography in particular. The main references are Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Edgar Morin, Milton Santos, Arlete Moysés Rodrigues, Henri Lefebvre, Yves Lacoste and Alain Lipietz, among others. From this reference, we set up a number of structural aspects, embodied as platforms, levels, dimensions of analysis, starting from broader to the more specific ones. From each dimension, we drew up a critical vector composed by two coordinates. The critical vectors are: Complexity Vector Interdisciplinary and Interactivity; Organization Vector of Space Space and Nature; Geopolitics Vector Ecology and Politics. The vectors were structured as matrices, with questions for each coordinate. These questions had answers Yes, No or Not applicable, obtained by the reading of the works. With this "architecture", we aimed to determine what the position of the analyzed works is. The incidence of answers Yes made it possible to know whether and what extent the ways of thinking derived from this set of ideas is affecting the scientific production on environmental subjects in the IG/UFU. The results show that the highest incidence of critical vector is the Organization of Space, in its coordinated Nature. The lower incidence is the Complexity vector, in Interdisciplinary coordinate. The Space coordinate also showed low incidence as well as Ecology coordinate. The application of matrices allows a critical objective design of the scientific reviewed literature and the preparation of some proposals as contribution to the Program of Post-Graduate Studies in the IG/ UFU.

In the face of contemporary issues (social, economic, environmental) for the premises of sustainable development, this project seeks to scrutinize what is the Federal University of Uberlandia s position on those issues aimed at promoting a sustainability Eco-Knowledge indicator to interpret the perception of the academic community related to the topic. With this purpose we could see through a descriptive analysis / deductive explanation that the issues facing sustainable development are not studied in depth at the University, apart from some academic units, and because of that the graduates have diffuse and inchoate knowledge acquired a greater percentage in the media, television, newspaper, magazines and internet. This result is reinforced when we compare the indicators of Eco-Knowledge in Natural Perspective (2.94) and Social Perspective (2.03), developed using data obtained by the survey, with an ideal value stipulated arbitrarily (6.3 ). For the fostering of these indicators are considered seven components that comprise the Natural Outlook, and also seven components that illustrate the Social Perspective which is made up of the Conceptions (1), Actions(2), Importance (3), Impediments (4), Consumerism (5), Professional Field (6), Source of Knowledge-UFU (7) related to the concept and the promotion of sustainable development for both the natural environment issues which are related to the preservation of natural resources, and to the social context which issues include paradigms and behaviors of contemporary society. From these results it is noticeable that the difficulties regarding the implementation and fostering of sustainable development in the spheres of production of scientific knowledge, goes beyond the issues related to fragmentation of knowledge and the need for a global vision linked to different levels of ideological reality. The problem is the lack of approach of this theme forward all courses that make up the academic sphere, that is, studies addressed to Sustainable Development are restricted to small groups interested in sustainability on the subject.

The Urbanization process of Brazilian cites, already had beginning in the first half of the XX century, it was accompanied by the disordered growth of industry and by the rural exodus, it brought, with itself, not only the concentration and urban expansion, but also the home conflict, health, education, transport, leisure etc. The present study has as main objective to analyze the existent relationships between the transport system and the problem of social exclusion, starting from a debate about this relationship and of a quantitative approach of mobility indexes and accessibility to the urban collective transportation in the municipal district of Uberlândia MG. The methodology uses analysis indicators such as: income distribution, number of trips presented by the collective transport system, the urban transport system tariffs of the system of urban transport, number of accomplished trips, researches O/D (origin destiny) and the evolution of the demand along the years. The study anger to approach the evolution of the urban transport system and their social and economical role, of great importance, because it democratizes the mobility in the measure that facilitates people s locomotion, those don t possess other middle of displacement in the urban mesh of cities.

The study pursued the objective to create a precedent of solid waste management in the school universe of the city of Uberaba. The experiment was carried out in the state school Corina de Oliveira. Students, teachers and employees were confronted with the challenge to divert from the landfill most of the solid waste produced in the school. The waste was separated into biodegradables, inert recyclables and refuse. Windrow composting was applied to transform the biodegradables into compost that was used in gardening. The inert recyclables were handed to reverse logistics operators. Only the refuse was directed to the landfill. As qualitative result the study showed that students may easily be induced to operate the waste movement, including the windrows. As quantitative result it was discovered that the school produces 7.0 kg of waste per working day, of which 2.67 kg is biodegradable material, 2.98 kg is inert recyclable material and 1.35 kg is refuse. The management model applied here reduced the rate of landfill disposal from 7.0 kg to 1.25 kg per working day, or from 100% to 19%. With this result, the research established a precedent to be imitated in the school universe of the city.

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The city of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, is an important center of production and poultry genetics. Through the rural survey conducted by the Municipal Agriculture and Food Supply of the City of Uberlândia, a significant number of rural farms have poultry hillbillies. These creations do not have biosecurity standards that prevent the introduction of contagious diseases in their herds. Some of these properties are close to industrial poultry farms, putting them at risk of infection by these pathogens. Avian influenza, a viral disease that is transmitted from birds to man, still represents a threat to the population and put on alert the scientific community. Problems associated with the disease, such as sacrifice and the elimination of thousands of poultry and human infection with high mortality, intensified after 2003, affecting mainly the Asian countries. In Brazil the disease is considered exotic, and epidemiological investigations carried out in various places of migratory birds in the country. The results demonstrated the occurrence of low pathogenic virus in birds examined. The program of animal health protection in Brazil, including the National Avian Health Program (PNSA) performs work of prevention and control of emergency and exotic diseases such as avian influenza. As part of the control and prevention is monitoring bird migration sites of some of the country. The survey of the Aviafauna local, located in the vicinity of the hydroelectric dam Amador Aguiar I and II, in the cities of Uberlandia, Indianapolis and Araguari identified the occurrence of migratory birds from North America, a region that already had the virus isolation avian influenza highly pathogenic. Although the region presents a low risk for introducing avian influenza, as well as the rest of the country, there is a close coexistence of these migratory birds to the population of wild birds and hillbillies. Whereas these birds are very close to properties of industrial production of poultry, there is a need to perform an epidemiological investigation of migratory birds. It also adds the need for specific legislation, under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, for the control of health of the subsistence or backyard.

The sacred wandering is a work on geo-anthropology of time and space from the popular culture in the region of the São Francisco River in the north of Minas Gerais, focusing in the city São Romão. From the survey of historical and geographical aspects of São Romão, I intend to identify and analyze a geography-wandering of residents from different places within the region close to the city. Throughout the lives in time and space, we find Vila Risonha , marked by peculiar characteristics of party and working areas. The rural livelihoods are prevalent in urban areas, providing a resistance of rural and popular culture, with its parties recognized throughout the region. The wandering found in the most part of people s lives from that region makes possible the understanding of popular culture practicing, identifying the vocation for the trip from the most part of manifestations of its popular Catholicism. From the wanderings lived in the Sertões , I aim to build an understanding and analysis of times and spaces from the creators of popular culture from a society in northern of Minas Gerais, on the banks of San Francisco River. It is a geography-errant to think about the wandering as a fundamental principle in the construction of new forms of integration in the space, creating other territorialities and recreating, with a continuation, a cultural landscape ribeirinha and norte-mineira .

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The present study investigates the reversal logistic of waste in urban geography and proposes a model of proactive management. As methodological principles, were used bibliographical review, field research and document analysis. In order to reflect this context, concepts like reverse logistic, urban space, selective collection, environment, solid waste, sustainability, life cycle, public power, consumer, sanitary landfill, recycling and composting were used, promoting a dialogue among them. The intention is to understand the complex reality in which wholesalers, intermediaries, recycling materials collectors, cooperative and association are immersed. A diagnosis was made about the urban household solid waste in the city of Uberlândia MG, giving grater enphasis on inorganic recyclable materials, followed by an analysis of organic waste. From the results of the diagnosis, a representative pyramid of reverse logistic was built and subsequently an analysis was carried out for each component. To do so, structured and semi-structured interviews, informal conversations and free observations were conducted to better understand the universe studied. The study is concluded with some reflections and suggestions, arising from fieldwork, targeted for a proposed management model, which is proactive, flexible, democratic and more adaptable to different realities. The aim with such a model is the principles of self-sustainability and self-management, seeking economic benefits for those involved in the production chain of urban solid waste in order to divert the maximum amount possible of organic and inorganic solid wastes that are sent daily to the sanitary landfill.

The doctoral thesis titled "Public and private of management tourism potentiality and tourism weaknesses in Sacramento-MG" presents the results of four years of work, since literature review to interlacing information obtained on fieldwork and data analysis. It was identified that due to Sacramento s political structure there is an influence in the application of public resources allocated for tourism management. There is also a gap between projects planning and its realization public managers are selling a tourism that does not exist. The creation of tourism in Sacramento came from appropriation of cultural, historical, anthropological, architectural aspects and also the local cuisine. However, this occurs in an uncompromising way: the public and private tourist managers used their image in order to promote specific events to attract visitors without worrying about the city infrastructure. The city has its potential natural tourism registered by several waterfalls, natural swimming pools, belvederes and caves. In the historical aspects there are the records of Desemboque District. In gastronomy there is typical food; in architecture there are buildings of churches, mansions and colonial farms. In the cultural aspects there are religious and popular festivals. Despite the city potential tourism, the offered infrastructure is weak considering the available resources. The tourist facilities are limited, making necessary to respect the ability of occupation, especially in major events like carnival that strangles the local hotels structure. The Sacramento's resident identifies the tourists in daily contacts. However, the Sacramento's resident is worried about the convivence with these tourists as there are negative records about tourists who do not respect the local way of life. In rural areas the residents are also concerned. Most natural tourist attractions are in these properties and some are being visited without the owner's authorization. Considering the perception of visitors (tourists), the downside is the equipment offered, absence of 24 hours services and commerce without extended hours. Thus, there is tourism potential, there are tourists and there are residents open minded to this practice. However, the public administration and private initiative need to rethink their activities - not only the economic aspect, but respect the environment and the limits of these resources. Therefore, we will only have tourism in Sacramento when its limits were respected by public and private practices in dealing with the attractions and insert the community in these proposals.

This paper addresses the urban mobility through the service of motorcycle taxis, as a way to bring up a system of sustainable circulation, justifying therefore the urgent need to know these new occupants of the public space. For in such a way, it was chosen city of Ituiutaba, in the interior of the State of Minas Gerais, for the accomplishment of related study, aiming to specifically meet the urban mobility on two wheels, to evaluate the legalization process that focuses on the theme, given that it was activity protected by municipal statute and since July 2009 by federal statute, to characterize the social reality of this means of transport in Ituiutaba, since its use is quite significant, and to understand the service of motorcycle taxis while a new challenge for the transport, possible of if becoming integrant factor of the sustainable development and the territory, resulting in an inclusive form of economic model. However, for both, it is recommended to be necessary to know the actors involved in this service in Ituiutaba, under penalty of not achieving the desired mobility sustainable and inclusive. Regarding the methodology used was based on literature, reviews the theoretical and conceptual and methodological, and also by critical analysis of the real situation of the taxi motorcyclists in Ituiutaba, through qualitative assessment, in its descriptive form, either using of scientific interview.

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This study emphasizes how the evaluation and analysis of the implementation of Generators Poles of Traffic and Institutions of Social Interest in Uberlândia can attenuate the disorders on circulation in the adjacency of these establishments. In this way, it s proposed an Education to the Transit as an alternative of reduce the conflicts while transit, with the aim to change attitudes and values that prioritize the respect for life and ensure safety and comfort for access the desired places in the urban areas. It also aims to understand the conflict established on the urban mobility, relating it to the behavior, values and attitudes of the public road users, like a driver, pedestrian, cyclist and motorcyclist that surround closed to the Generators Poles of Traffic and Institutions of Social Interest. These undertakings attract a high number of trips and offer services to people of different age groups and physical conditions. To reach the proposed objectives, were developed the following methodological procedure: reference survey of theoretical and conceptual about the issue thematic, realize of unstandardized interviews, photographs registers, production of maps, questionnaires application, volumetric counting of vehicles and pedestrians. The analysis of the results of the research revealed the impacts generated by the undertakings to the road system in the area of its influence and of the relationship between the misconduct of persons when circulate, disrespecting the standards movement and undermining the displacement and access to the selected areas to study on this work.

This research aimed to make a geoenvironmental analysis in the watershed of Ribeirão Borá, seeking to establish categories through the integration of natural variables. To this end, we applied the Theory of Geosystems which, among other purposes, seeks the conservation, rational space s use and sustainable development. The watershed is located in the region ( mesorregião ) of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba (MG), and it drained some land parts in the counties of Sacramento and Conquista, and it occupied an area of 357.81 km². We used cartographic documents by IBGE, GEOMINAS, EMBRAPA and CPRM; images of the Satellite ETM+/Landsat 5; socioeconomic data; bibliographic searches and field surveys. The work methodology followed the Libault s proposal (1971), which defines four levels of approach, namely: compilation, correlation, semantic and normative. The geoprocessing techniques were applied with the use of various softwares. The Formation Serra Geral main geological basement of the watershed (61%) associated with the semi-humid tropical climate leads to the formation of soils with the predominance of the class Oxisols, stands out Ustox (60% of the area) that, in general, has good physical structure for agricultural use, requiring only a few corrections chemicals, such as the use of lime. This framework interacts with an embossment predominant of Topo Plano (54%), without big ripples, that also facilitates agricultural activities and contributes to the maintenance of water resources in the subsoil. The land use and vegetation cover, between 2002 and 2009, revealed that, respectively, 70 and 72% of land in the watershed were occupied predominantly by human activities (grazing and agriculture). Moreover, we observed that 95% of the watershed s land has a high potential for economic use. However, we checked that part of agricultural activities also occupy areas of higher slopes (20-45%), this is not indicated, because the environmental legislation required that such areas should be preserved or designated to the legal reserve, in addition to being unfit for any use, according to the classification of land in the use capacity's system. Some suggestions were planning to adopt conservation practices with the intention to contribute to maximizing the potential of the watershed.