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The city of Itumbiara, Goiás, has a history marked by the Paranaíba River in all of its achievements and accomplishments. The city s growth was spurred by this river, from the time when rafts brought food, medicine or any other material the city s commerce and population needed. In light of the river s historic and economic importance for Itumbiara, the goal of this research study is to evaluate how its citizens perceive the Beira Rio Avenue from an environmental point of view. This avenue was built on the right bank of the Paranaíba River, inside the city s urban perimeter. To accomplish that, the study analyzed bibliographical references, surveyed historical documents about Itumbiara and conducted interviews with its citizens. The results demonstrate that its citizens are concerned about the river s pollution, the trash scattered along the avenue and the lack of trees. Nevertheless, they are pleased with the scenic beauty of the location, the expansion of entertainment options in the city and the availability of locations for them to do physical exercises. The citizens of Itumbiara have a very positive outlook regarding the Beira Rio Avenue; however, they are clear about their dissatisfaction with the lack of public investments targeting safety, infrastructure for physical activities and environmental education projects for citizens.

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Percorrer el vasto espacio para experimentar sus múltiples potencialidades. Transponer las fronteras. Evocar un surrealismo del real. Transgredir las convenciones establecidas. Enventar un presente eterno. Desestablizar. Desplazar referenciales. Tener la sensación de lo raro. Caminar por caminar. Errambundear. Vadear. Deambular. Vagar. Peregrinar. Migrar. Perder y encontrar. Viajar al fin de conocer la su propia geografía. Esta investigación va en vías de una reflexión hacia el espacio vivido, categoría de análisis fenomenológica de la geografía, que se cruza con la filosofía, la antropología, las artes y la literatura en un ensayo disertativo sobre la experiencia del viaje como una práctica geográfica, referenciada en un espacio-tiempo que es externo e interno y que se alimenta de estos flujos para concebir la existencia del uno y del otro. Espacio, hombre y movimiento son inherentes en sus condiciones de presencia en el mundo. El ser-extranjero y el ser-extraño alimentan del mito de la errância en aquello que es más espontáneo de la historia de la humanidad: el impulso del desconocido de nosotros mismos y de los otros lugares, de lo lejano. El movimiento, luego se vuelve la materia vertiente de la vida y en ella, el habitar sólo se hace posible en medio a la transitoriedad.

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Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais

In Brazil, since 2003, with the creation of the Ministry of Cities, it has been observed a return to urban planning and its basic tools. It is in this context that this study is part, analyzing how the Master Plan and the Local Plan for Social Housing Uberaba (PLHIS) MG addressed the housing issue, the extent to which they are linked and what the potential of the same face to the principle of right to decent housing and therefore the city. The study bases its assumptions on the history of the Federal Constitution from 1988, which incorporated some of the demands presented by the national movement for urban reform. The work is flexible about the method and the disciplinary content within the Geography Science. As a geographer, it is included the variable space as an analytical resource, considering the location of the projects of social housing as a criterion for evaluation of housing policy as a mean of social inclusion. It is shown that the fundamentals of urban policy present in the Constitution of 1988 are closely related to the ideals of MNRU. The Plan has had new features, in particular the principle of conditioning of social function of urban property. The approval of the City Statute in 2011 was an important milestone because it ratified the new role of the Master Plan. In 2004, it was created the new national housing policy, recognizing the need for coordination between land policies, urban and social assistance. As an extension of PNH, it was created the national housing and the national social interest housing. It is necessary to emphasize that the creation of the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) in 2009 represented a break with the line of action of the Ministry of Cities, which between 2003 and 2008, worked aiming to consolidate the institutional design expected by the PNH, especially SNHIS. The program MCMV has operated over a mercantile logic away from the premises of SNHIS. About the Master Plan from Uberaba, it was found that, at least formally, it has incorporated the principles of the Federal Constitution from 1988 and the Statute of the City. However, in practical terms, rather than an instrument of urban reform, it is an instrument of legitimizing practices speculative real estate capital, creating standards for use and occupation of land that perpetuate socioespacial segregation. The production of HIS, especially the MCMV showed that on new discourses it is possible to see old practices, since the model reproduces the former BNH. The main features of the recent developments of HIS are the location on the edges of the urban area, the concentration of many units in the same area and mass production and the homogenizing houses. A about the correlation between urban planning and housing from Uberaba and its level of convergence / divergence it was observed a missing link between land tenure, urban, social and housing policies. Regarding PLHIS, it presents very bold goals, built on ideal scenarios, which require an environment highly favorable in relation to credit.

Abstract This Project treats the urban dynamic from the perspective of the transit system and transportation in two cities of Triangulo Mineiro - Ituiutaba/MG and Araguari/MG. During this research to understand how the displacement occurs the population in the context of cities and which circumstances motivate the preferences of each citizen in the use of means of transport. In fact, the objective of this project is discuss the organization of the urban space and the relationships between the various agents of transit, such as motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians, motorists of private cars and transportation users public by bus and pointing suggestions of a reorganization Urban guided in the use of public transportation by bus and use of non-motorized modes such as cycling. To this, utilized-are three methodological processes, being that the first refers to bibliographical researches that based the aportes theorists discussed, the second in turn, covered the implementation of questionnaires and field researches in the two cities studied and the third consists in analysis of data collected in the previous step subsequent writing of the paper. From the studies can-if realize that in cities analyzed the urban system transit and transportation presents deficits regarding the urban mobility quality, ie, in Ituiutaba and Araguari car use particular is intense and lack of public policies in respect the use of the bus and the modal non-motorized further contributes to the lag of the same. It is observed that the bus lines and fleets are insufficient in the face of potential demand of the cities studied, moreover it emphasizes the intense use of motorcycle taxis by these populations, especially regarding sporadic use. In the case of bicycles, it is observed that in Araguari Ituiutaba and the use of these heavy although there is one policy for the use of the same, there cycle paths or lanes that allow the rider to secure traffic. At the end of the work from experiences in other cities of Brazil, was discussed proposals for interventions on the dynamics in urban transit systems and transportation of cities studied in order to improve urban mobility.

This research suggests the realization of a survey on the geographic aspects of Nanuque in the state of Minas Gerais, analyzing the physical elements, but without ignoring the human activities that have interfered with the natural cycle of terrestrial evolution. We have also tried to correct some mistaken conceptions that persisted of many years on the geography on the region, like its physical location inside the state, climate changes due to the decrease of the native vegetation, etc. Our research on the physical aspects of Nanuque and its surrounding area, combined with specific bibliographic references, rests on the theory of a stage of balance. The antrophic atuation through urbanization can be viewed throught the deforestation in the area, but the question of equilibrium still provokes much discussion amongst researchers who are pursuing an exact method of expressing and quantifying the environmental imbalance provoked by man. In this dissertation we have tried not just to repeat the conclusions made by other researchers, but to expand on the current body of work.

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Large amounts of sediment transported by rivers, coming from the erosive action of water on the basin soil, causing degradation of water bodies and significant damages to the population, to socioeconomic development and to the natural environment. The processes of sediment production and deposition along a watershed are natural phenomena, but its effects can be magnified by the man influence through the disordered deforestation, construction, mining and improper management of agricultural activities. During the sediments transport and deposition in water bodies there is a color change in the water due to the concentration of dissolved or suspended materials. The water bodies color is directly linked to their inherent optical properties of absorption and spreading. These properties change according to the concentration, nature and types of dissolved and particulate materials in the water. The Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) is a method developed by McFeeters (1996) with the purpose of delineates features in the water, such as Active Optical Components, highlighting their presence, and found by digital images processing. The author modified the NDVI formula reversing the variables and using the green band instead of the red band in order to obtain better results attentive on water analysis. In this sense, the work is presented in order to promote by analyzes, descriptions, maps and systematic studies, the assessment of water quality NDWI method in the reservoirs of Caçu and Barra dos Coqueiros Hydropower Plants (HPPs), in Claro river, located in the southwestern portion of Goiás state - Brazil, evaluating the determination of suspended sediments method in lentic environments by multispectral images. Analyses of NDWI indices produced visually coherent data, but could not find an index for correlations between real data or even a calibration value to help in the determination of suspended sediment concentration. The NDWI method enables visual inspection of sediment yield characteristics for a given location, but must be in the same scene from the same date to become comparable. It is possible to make notes of places with higher sediment production and flow spread. Is found in the statistical analysis a low correlation between the suspended sediments concentration obtained from field sampling and from values of NDWI processing. The visual analysis of maps with the NDWI results is valid to indicate regions of interest for field sampling, analyzing patterns of sediment behavior also in rainfall seasonality periods.

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This research aimed to comprehend the relations between urban expansion and sustainability. Thus, a multidisciplinary reflection concerning sustainable development and urban sustainability was accomplished and also an overview of how urban expansion is linked to quality of life within the cities, highlighting the new trends of this movement which integrates urban planning and environmental preservation. For that, a brief assessment of the historical and socioeconomic trends of Uberlandia was made, so later we could analyze the evolution of the city urban growth and, then, confront the theoretical reflections on urban sustainability with the urban growth patterns of the east side of the city. Furthermore, through a previously spatial definition and field study, the work pointed some parameters of urban sustainability in the urban expansion front of the east side of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

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Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

This study, entitled \"Geographic Itineraries: Think and Reflect\", aims to analyze and discuss the work of Urbanist geographer, and University Teacher, Luiz Gonzaga Falcão Vasconcellos, enjoying his contributions to Geography, considering the interrelationships of this with education, location and the city (urban); the research considered also the knowledge of connection between areas of knowledge, the university and the \"community.\" Specifically, the study aimed to analyze some work to think and reflect. Methodologically, the research developed with a view to analyze and discuss effected work and its contributions to the Geography themes and related areas. Rescue professionals and socio-cultural itineraries of a person does not mean focusing on this person, but to discuss and reflect about the trajectories, achievements and productions related to geography and its interrelations. In addition, you cannot separate the person and the teacher (geographer), since the teacher is a significant content of the person. Therefore, first, I revisited projects and other work done in the last 20 years. After this first stage, I selected some productions for consideration, as follows: Place and Urban Education; Popular Education: The City and the City; City, Urban, Public Health and Education; Urban Drawing Workshop: Children, Youth and the City, The city study and the city through music, poetry and poem: subsidies for primary and secondary education, Actions 14 - Right to the City: dialogue and brooding - university and popular communities in Uberlandia, and University and City: Convergences in Building a Participatory Urban Management(Participative Master Plan of Nova Ponte - MG). With the possible distance (at least the chronological distance), perform this route from my personal and professional experiences (important as a component of my continuing education as a geographer/teacher) is like writing chapters of an \"autobiography\" looking \"perceive myself\" in view of the endless improvement that can be experienced, if available for this. Thus, this research is divided into five chapters, namely: 1, Geography, City-Urban and Education; 2, What we have, and What we want: \"Drawing\" and Educating and Building \"Places\"; 3, Planning and Municipal Management: Participation and Citizenship; 4, City(ies), Cities in the City: Stages, Scenarios, Narratives ...and 5, Knowledge Connections: interdisciplinarities. As results, I understand that walk the paths of this research, give so many steps, review the route with different eyes and baggage from past achievements, was a journey that helped confirm the modest (but persistent) collaboration with the Education for Citizenship through the practices of Geography and socially referenced Education. An Education understood as that focused on emancipation and liberation of the historical and geographical subjects inserted in Brazilian society, which has generated for centuries an exclusive inclusion of large parts of its population. This is the reality on which I have proposed to learn and teach, thinking, reflecting and discussing ways and alternatives to overcome such situation, acting in the direction of Popular Education. This option assumed in the context of public higher education started more than 36 years, since when I searched professionally understand the social function of the university in external communities, especially the popular communities in order to connect knowledge and contribute to the prospect of rising levels of social inclusion.

This research aimed to analyze the use of Information and Communication Technology - ICT in State Public Schools of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. Its uses and applications for Geography Teachers final years of Secondary School, the research was conducted in a school central urban area, and choose the school was made after survey of 17 of the 54 schools of the State Public Network Uberlândia, MG, in order to know what possessed Computer Lab and the same were being used by their teachers. To find out if the schools had computer labs, and used ICT, we used the direct search method with questionnaire and interview to be answered by the directors of the schools and the participating teachers who actually did use ICT in their lessons. First we performed a study of quantitative data of computer equipment and then made the qualitative survey regarding the use by Geography teachers. This work presents the concepts and the history of technology; Information Technology existing in state schools of Uberlândia, and its use by professionals in the education and methodologies for using ICT as well as the difficulties encountered in implementation in the room during the Geography lessons