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The heterogeneity of subjects, the worldview and the complex relationships that are (re)constructed in the settlements has shown us a scenario permeated by conflicts, resistance, advances and retreats, intrinsic to human relationships with these with their territories, which are responsible for the development and progress of the fight on the ground in our country. The struggle for land in Brazil has advanced slowly, especially if we consider only the measures that are taken in order to cool the tensions generated by the movements. The rural settlements are created as mitigation measures and they have faced all sorts of difficulties, both in implementation and development. From this perspective, rather than the struggle for land, social movements have realized the importance of fighting for the permanence and survival on the land. Thus, understanding the cooperatives, its difficulties and potentialities have been an important mechanism for thinking about a project for sustainable and collective development. Then, we took the settlement in the São Domingos Farm in Tupaciguara (MG), with the primary goal to understand the cooperative model adopted by the Labor Land and Freedom Movement (MTL), from the analysis of the experience of families in the implementation area of this project. The COERCO Santo Domingo, cooperative located in that settlement has represented possibilities, but also clashes and confrontations between the individuals involved. Understanding the relationship between the settlers and the movement was important, as well as the details of the resistance and the questioning of the model introduced by MTL, which is a process that can hinder or even derail the project as proposed.

The Topographic Sheet of Piumhi (SF23VBII) in the Brazilian Systematic Mapping (scale 1:100.000), is located in the mid-west of Minas Gerais, in the Alto São Francisco area. This region attracts geographic interest both from an economic point of view and also from the academic community. This area corresponds to a diverse group of lithologies and morphologic types, due to its priviledged location in the São Francisco Craton. It is surrounded by a karstic landscape, with a great mineralogical potential, and also for geotourism, because of its amazing scenic beauty and relevance within the Brazilian karstic scenery, representing the carbonates of the Bambui group. The geological form of the area of study is a structuring element for the geomorphological variation found in the region, which, along with the climate and the structural controls, originated a geomorphological subdivision that varies from river plains, calcareous crusts, sierras, to various plateaus. The interest in creating the Geomorphologic Map of this area arises from the fact that it is an unpublished document, even considering that there is a great amount of existing works in other areas of study, such as geology. Furthermore, as already mentioned, it is notorious the physical diversity of the region and the mineralogical interest in it, which has put its environment in a very delicate situation because of the action of major mining companies in the area, that explore, mainly, carbonates. Having that in mind, the main object of this dissertation is to map the landforms and understand its geomorphological evolution and dynamics. The methodology is based in the approach of the concepts of morphostructure and morphosculpture, according to the hierarchization of landforms proposed by Ross (1992), and it also brings up the morphological, morphometric, morphogenetic and mophocronological characteristics of the area; with the use of geoprocessing tools (Geographic Information System). There were four Morphostructural Unities mapped as follows: Cenozoic Alluvial Deposits, Sedimentary Basin of São Francisco, Basement e System Jerks (Orogenetic Belt Brasilia). In relation to the Morphosculptural Unities, there are different types of genesis that classified the landforms in Aggradational, Dissectional, Karstic, Fluvio-Karstic and Structural. Moreover, the modeled or similar shape patterns were mapped, as well as the types of forms and also the structural lineaments running through the area. In short, the creation of the geomorphological map of the Piumhi Sheet offers the region a document filled with great geographic value, both in the geomorphology field and in any studies about the physical surroundings, integrated to the areas related to territorial planning and the environment.

The concept of territory is discussed in this study, from a relational perspective among individuals, and therefore as a space of production of life and health and / or disease. This approach places emphasis on the need for community participation in decision making, in planning and implementing actions since health promotion goes beyond health care and it is not a synonym for preventive practice. Therefore,it is necessary that the Health System abandon its medical practice which usually is decontextualized and fragmented of citizens reality, and seeks dialogue with other sectors that is useful in the creation of networks of commitment and responsibility, where everyone can be participating in the care of the health and it is not limited to the health system. Therefore, the thematic integration and intersectoral cooperation has been assumed in the field of social policy Health at School. This attempt to establish a relationship between the sectors of education and health can be observed in the city of Uberlândia. There are about 25 years, the School Health Program has sought to implement health actions aimed at improving the quality of life of students of public schools. And, from a reformulation of previous programs, it was implemented in January 2009, the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program. Thus it was established as goals in this work: analyzing the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program in basic education schools in Uberlândia city - MG, from the perspective of Integration and Intersectoral Cooperation; characterize the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program through a historical approach having as axes of analysis integration and intersectoral approach, and also to analyze the perception of the subjects involved in the School Health Program with regard to the application of the concept of promotion health within the territory. This is a study with a qualitative approach in which the interview proved to be the most favorable to understand the values, beliefs and impressions of managers and professionals about the process of the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program. The sample comprised ten (10) subjects considered as key informants because they are partakers actors directly or indirectly on the health program, they were: the manager of the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program, the coordinator of science at CEMEPE (Centro Municipal de Estudos e Projetos Educacionais Julieta Diniz), three (3) representative informants from public schools where the program has been implemented, along with three (3) school health agents and two (2) nurses responsible for health units of reference. It was found that health programs in schools developed in Uberlândia, including the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program have their focus on teaching about hygiene and prophylactic means of prevention and care based on life styles and with an emphasis on individual action. Students are not touched to act through constructive engagement that are able to contribute to solving problems in their family, at school or in the community, in spite of the motto \"school health for the whole family\" .There is not a specific guide that shows a commitment by the City Department of Health and Education of Uberlândia to the age of adolescence, trying to guide actions and establish a network of care. It is not clear in the program incentives that promote bonding and enabling the establishment of dialogue between the school community, the family health unity, the direction of the Saúde Todo Dia Da escola para toda a família Program and other departments and institutions.

Soil erosion can be under stood as being a result of environmental conditioning in addition to soil and climatic conditions as well as taking into consideration socio-cultural variables involved in its use. The research conducted offers information pertaining to environmental characteristics associated with erosion and regional character is tics were initially examined. Subsequently, significant character is tics of the Ribeirão Estiva basin were identified, providing a framework for reference of its contours (shape) which were classified in the following geomorphological unit s: Elevations (summits) with fissures ( in staggered format ion) and steep slopes ; slopes with assorted levels of fissures ; gent le slopes and alluvial plains for which the advancing process of erosion was identified. The information obtained was classified based on bibliographic research of thematic mapping of field studies and soil analysis with the goal of defining environmental processes of erosion. This explanation of erosion processes may be useful in the management of hydrographic basins and as a resource for students studying this phenomenon. In addition, it will provide useful information for resident s of Miraporanga District and Ribeirão Estiva basin.

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This research aims understand, the meaning of the territorialities from the relation field-city, and the changes sociospacials that took place at Tapuirama district (Uberlândia MG), in the last thirty years, considering the agricultural modernization and urban growing of the Uberlândia. Also it was focused the political, economic and cultural power the Uberlândia city exerts on Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba region, and, mainly, on Miraporanga, Martinésia, Cruzeiro dos Peixotos and Tapuirama districts. It was discussed territory ideas, territoriality, municipal district, district, relationship between field-city and territorial fragmentation in order to understand the local reality. It was analyzed the historical formation process an the territorial social economic organization of Uberlândia municipal district, and also of the seat district and their others four districts. The emphasis was given to Tapuirama district with a study about its dynamic sociospacial and urban rural territorialities. Taking into account the rural an urban dimensions and the interaction of field city it was discussed a lot of themes as: changes on the use of the soil and on the laborite relations, the way citizens live the relationships local people face the seat district and, mainly, inhabitants expectations related to the local future.

This paper is situated on a Geography area titled Geopolitics. Having South America as its spatial profile, the discussion here is about the dynamics of conflict and integration in this territory that is the subject of several studies in various fields of science. This research, however, sought to focus on the threshold of this dynamic, which we consider to be the defense cooperation. Because it is a matter of military order, the defense engages directly with the conflicts of the South American subcontinent, responsible for various actions perpetrated conflict between the countries of this region in the past two centuries. Already cooperation effectively deals with the integration, which is presented to South America as one of its most important challenges, with numerous attempts in the history of their countries. Within the framework of this complex region, issues of regional defense had little insertion in integration projects intended, being overwhelmed by economic issues that have not reached the ultimate goal of regional integration, while the rivalry was responsible for the involvement of these countries in strife recurring. We understand here that the defense would be a key component to link South America, providing the security necessary for the development of continental integration. Thus the study of defense cooperation in South America aims to elucidate the importance of this integration mechanism just discussed, bringing in a historical research about the relevance of military issues in development cooperation in South America, linking projects integration of regional conflict and foreign influence, also presenting an overview of the distribution of military bases in the region and its importance to the recent integrationist projects.

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The research is a result of the questions made around the implicit symbols in the image of the medium Chico Xavier, starting in the places used and appropriated for him in the spread of Christian Spiritism in Uberaba/MG. It has as objetive to define the contents in the created places for this kind of religion involving the person of the medium that consists in understanding the processes of sacred places, even after his death. The central topic of this research is the figure of myth. It takes as fundamental focus of analysis some writers of places and we change the same anallysis of social and sacred places, procedure shared with different social sciences. After analysing the structures, the forms and the contents of the analysis of place, we emphasize the processes of social organization until we reach the real position of the people who continue the work of myth and the organizations, there is, the appropriate place, like: the house, the museum, the book shop, the spiritual center, the assistential group and even the mausoleum. Thus, is was possible to decode the places from the uses and appropriations established by the medium and his public demostrating the social practices in the structure of Spiritism. However, it is evident the image of myth, we try to analyse the legacy of the medium and in his followers, besides the forms of appropriations of these places and of the spread of his teaching.

The cultural heritage preservation (material or immaterial) has become an important and relevant subject since some years ago. Supported by public polices, there is today a real concern about revitalizing of the areas where are located the architectural buildings in degraded condition. The revitalization and preservation of these areas aim its humanization and our history valorization. This research aimed to raise some questions on the need of preserving the cultural heritage of Distritos de Martinésia, Cruzeiro dos Peixotos and Miraporanga and to propose solutions that will contribute for the quality of live enhancement of these communities. We believe that County Guidance Plan can be an important tool for the preservation of this heritage. So, our research is based on the possibilities that the Plan offers for the cultural and architectural heritage preservation that is being damaged due to authorities negligence and carelessness. This work is based on papers reading and bibliographic researches that combined with fieldwork and interviews that showed the communities feelings about the places and how they valorize the architectural buildings and its history. These assets preservation and the supported development proposal for that region take place with the effective local community participation in joint decision with public and private sectors. In this manner will be possible to construct a place where the communities can be benefited by the revitalization projects for the regions.

The present Master dissertation analyzes the elites paper in the economic and political development of Uberaba city and the consequences in the production of the geographic space. This research occupy the period that extends of 1910 to 1960. We work with boarding theoretician and methodological of historical Geography and we seek to understand the relations of economic, social, cultural and politics production in Uberaba, constructing an analysis of the elites in their diversity and analyzing the power of these groups in different dimensions. The knowledge of the historic aspects of some social groups helps to explain the geographic transformations occurred in that space, and hinders the construction of models that do not correspond with the reality. In this perspective, we think that is essential to understand the (re)construction of the hegemonic power of these elites, as well as their values and strategies. In this research, in Uberaba (1910-1960), while maintenance instrument of the power in the economic relations, we evidenced that the political elaborated social nets that had formed a resistant society to the process of capitalist development.

The transport is a essential factor on territory s development and ordination it can be on local or regional level, because it is responsible for people circulation and load, performing strategically part for special-relations and economics, developing with on height ore low intensity on geography places consequences. On this view, the fluvial transport came, and has acquiring of progressive effectual mobility, safety and practicable. Between the existent motility economics, the fluvial, is the cheapest and can attend the needs of loads and people transportation on a integral way, in case it has economic, adjust and structure to its traffic. Nevertheless, the history of the country s occupation on has determinate that the same was not priority and today, even having higher coast in every ways, the road transportation prevail as modality that attract praticaly all public invest, resolting the most used on this way, loses the opportunity to promote the circulation of people and load on a higher economic way, safer and more democratic. On Amazônia region, this problematic is considerly intense once that the same is composed on the magor part of it s territorial space of navigate rivers of big volume of water. The fluvial transportation is used on a intense way by it s population on commercial and domestic ambit. Even before this reality, the fluvial transportation it s not priority as one of the mains sources of socialeconomics invest, once that those are part of majority amazon s daily. This master teses has the purpose to now, study and comprehend the fluvial transport of amazonia region, on metropolitan area. Capital of Pará, Belém as were as others municipality on this locals, the navigation is used on intense ways and very important to it s regional and national. For to understand this reality, this ressurch propose to know the inter fluvial way, and with that the accident accord on fluvial travel with small boats, specially the scalpelment through axle- motor boats. The kind of accident, although tragic, is comun on amazon s region, and mainly with depend intimately of this modality to exercise practically all daily activities according with given quantity and study development, makes important to show the aspect that important to show the aspect that characterize the fact, turning evident reality performed and it s consequences, through out the conclusions and opening perspective for more proper situation.

Far from losing its importance in the times of globalization and electronic communication, the city has confirmed its central position in all dimensions of the social totality. Even in non-urban areas, one can see the influence of decisions taken inside the cities, especially in those that concentrate multinational companies headquarters. Thus, with the constant growing of the urbanization throughout the planet, the struggle for appropriate urban centers is indispensable for a satisfactory existence of the human being. Hence, this work tries to bring forward a general picture of the Contemporary Urbanization and the role that cities have being playing within the Informational Society, in order to offer to those who work with urban phenomena some basis to act satisfactorily in the present context. From a characterization of the main features of the Contemporary Urbanization, we pursuit showing the recent path of the west urbanization, emphasizing which processes and phenomena are unique to contemporary cities. We do this in order to achieve a correct perception of the present urban reality especially, the brazilian one.

The elements that bring out the agrarian question in Brazil at the threshold of a century show that there are conflicts between two social kinds, economic and political, that reproduce historically in the field, following the capitalist uneven logic contradictory development: they are known at the moment by the agribusiness (capitalist agriculture) and peasantry/family farming. This research aimed to understand the political dimension of conflicts and territorial disputes between these two development models, especially the spaces, territories and social actors present in the civil society and the state. The methodological approach used consisted of a bibliographic study, documentary research (press reports, documents of civil society organizations, state bodies and other materials); direct observation of political practices and speeches in public arena; and semi-structured interviews. It was noticed, therefore, the diversity of social actors who protagonist the agrarian question in this decade in the spheres of civil society and State, as well as features of their presence and performance in the national political sphere. The executive and legislative federal powers were recognized as rich institutional spaces for an analysis of political struggle between agribusiness and peasantry/family farming, in which we highlight instances and actors/partners closer to the agricultural demands (among them, the rural caucus and Núcleo Agrário do Partido dos Trabalhadores). In the midst of these conflicts, the political action of rural social movements against the agribusiness development model, such as those linked to the Via Campesina in Brazil - among whom the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem-Terra get relief it also appears as an important element of analysis, the demarcation lines on the agrarian question from the perspective of the disputed territories.

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The region of the upper course of Dourados river (left tributary of the Paranaíba river ) has an area of about 194 sq km in the north central portion of the city of Patrocínio / MG . Stand out agricultural activities with emphasis on coffee growing, temporary agriculture and livestock. The basin is the source of capturing water for the city of Patrocínio. Human activities generate impacts that may contribute to impaired quality/quantity of water availability. Arises, therefore, the need to consider the availability and water potential of this area, starting from the environmental analysis, so were done fieldwork correlated to imagery satellite Landsat and BlackBrigde with the aim of understanding the evolution of human occupation of the area from 1985 to 2010. Climato-hydrological studies (1980-2010) were also performed. This way, were known, the rates of precipitation, the consecutive days without rain, climatic water balance (according to Thornthwaite & Mather), the dry spells and the duration of dry seasons. Still, were obtained data from the extreme flows (minimum and maximum) and analyzed the use and availability of the water as informed by the Instituto Mineiro de Gestão das Águas ( IGAM ) and the estimated growth of water consumption by the city of Patrocínio (MG) . The results show that the area has been systematically occupied by agricultural activities and increasing urban sprawl. Thus, are significant the changes in superficial runoff and infiltration processes, as well as, the impacts of improper waste disposal and river courses exposure to the anthropic impacts. The climatic and hydrological analysis, from descriptive statistics, return period graphics, tabulating of historical series, checking the significant days without rain and extreme and specific capacity, allowed observing the relationship between the dry and rainy seasons with flow rates. The association expressed by the water balance, shows that in the dry season, or in its extension may have the necessity of irrigation systems for some types of agriculture as seen in the case of horticulture. The use of water resources within the basin pushes its availability that is also being compromised by reducing the flow of some courses. Soon Patrocínio s growth may face problems related to water supply. The associated results reveal the need of a plan manager who understands the basin as a producer of water and seek partnership with involvers , guiding them to a rational behavior toward water resources.