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This paper presents reflections about the teaching of school geography, focusing on the learning of cartographic knowledge. The main goal was to verify the understanding of cartographic views of fifth-year elementary school students, through the cartographic language present in representations of selected students. The analysis was based on Kozel (2001) to examine mental maps concerning to its graphic representations, such as the form of representation, distribution and specificity of the elements and, finally, the proportion observed between the real and represented elements. By observing these elements in the representations, it is observed the importance of working, in the initial years, with activities that develop the cartographic knowledge within the teaching-learning process of Geography.

Este texto busca contextualizar a (re)inserção do saber-fazer no ensino de arquitetura e urbanismo, feita principalmente pelos canteiros experimentais, mostrando como lhe é indiscernível o debate sobre classe e raça no país, o qual nossa área tem historicamente ignorado. Desde pelo menos os anos 1960, Sergio Ferro tem cobrado uma necessária tomada de posição da área na luta de classes, a partir de sua primorosa análise sobre as responsabilidades de quem projeta com a exploração do trabalho no canteiro de obras. Nada mais atual, quando em meio ao caos fascista em que se encontra o país, a mesma questão ter sido feita por um candidato à presidência da república no título de seu livro recente: De que lado você está? Procuraremos, portanto, colocar em discussão uma certa aura de neutralidade construída pela área, sobretudo no debate tecnológico, pois não há mais tempo para timidez. Arquiteto e Arquiteta, de que lado você está na luta de classes e antirracista?

En el artículo se presentan los resultados de un trabajo de investigación sobre los procesos de urbanización de las ciudades medias españolas y sus áreas urbanas desde 1987. Los resultados apuntan que los incrementos de la superficie urbanizada experimentados en esas áreas son, de forma relativa, los más importantes del conjunto urbano en el país. Además, esos crecimientos se han generado con formas menos densas, extensas y no sólo relacionadas con usos residenciales. La intensidad y el desbordamiento de los procesos de urbanización, especialmente en el período de la ‘década prodigiosa del urbanismo español’ (1998-2008), inciden en un cambio en el tradicional modelo compacto de esas ciudades. O artigo apresenta os resultados de um trabalho de pesquisa sobre os processos de urbanização das cidades médias espanholas e suas áreas urbanas na Espanha desde 1987. Os resultados indicam que os aumentos da superfície urbanizada vivenciada nessas áreas são, relativamente, os mais importantes do conjunto urbano do país. Além disso, esses crescimentos foram gerados com urbanizações menos densas, mais extensas e não apenas relacionados a usos residenciais. A intensidade e o transbordamento dos processos de urbanização, especialmente durante o período da ‘década prodigiosa do urbanismo espanhol’ (1998-2008), aponta para uma mudança no tradicional modelo compacto dessas cidades. The article presents the results of a piece of research into urbanization processes in Spain’s medium-sized cities and their urban areas since 1987. The results show that the increases in their urbanized surface areas have been, in relative terms, the most important in the whole of the country’s urban territory. Furthermore, this growth has been generated through less dense, more extensive forms and not only related to residential uses. The intensity and sprawling nature of these urbanization processes, particularly during Spain’s ‘prodigious decade of urban development’ (1998-2008), have contributed to a change in the model and structure of the traditionally compact form of these cities. Este artículo forma parte del proyecto de investigación Evolución de las políticas urbanísticas en ciudades medias españolas y sus áreas urbanas: 1979-2019 (RTI2018-096435- B-C21), financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España). Así mismo, es resultado de los trabajos realizados en la Tesis de Doctorado de Eduardo Olazabal, financiada por la Universitat de Lleida y titulada Dinámicas y caracterización del proceso de urbanización en España (1987-2011). Las áreas urbanas articuladas por ciudades medias. La Tesis obtuvo una calificación de Sobresaliente ‘Cum Laude’ en Lleida (Catalunya- España) el 17 de octubre de 2018.

As mensagens comunicadas pelo ambiente físico são consideradas uma fonte de estresse nos hospitais quando não correspondem às expectativas ambientais dos pacientes. No presente estudo, hipotetiza-se que o ambiente físico hospitalar consinta a recuperação a partir do estresse, caso suscite cognições e afetos de valência positiva. Desse modo, buscou-se identificar atributos físicos visuais de quartos de internação pediátricos que comunicam aos pacientes mensagens ambientais ligadas ao processo de restauração afetiva do estresse. Participaram da investigação 50 pacientes, com idade superior aos 8 anos. A pesquisa se deu em quartos de um hospital pediátrico da Região Sul do Brasil, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas a partir de fotografias. Os resultados indicaram que quartos percebidos pelos pacientes como ambientes restauradores foram vistos caracteristicamente como lugares confortáveis, mas também como ambientes alegres, bonitos, tranquilos e reconfortantes. Ao se estabelecer uma correspondência entre esses significados ambientais e os atributos físicos visuais que os geram, este estudo concluiu que as seguintes características do quarto de internação desempenham um papel na comunicação de mensagens ligadas ao processo restaurador: (a) mobiliário adequado; (b) ambiente colorido; (c) acesso visual ao ambiente exterior; (d) acesso a equipamentos que podem oferecer distração positiva; (e) amplitude; e (f) organização da estrutura hospitalar. O estudo de ambientes restauradores através da análise do significado ambiental mostrou-se pertinente, lançando luz sobre alguns dos aspectos que podem promover o bem-estar do paciente pediátrico.

The City of Belgrade is situated at the confluence of the Sava and Danube. Accordingly, this geographical position has strongly shaped Belgrade's strategic and geopolitical significance, as well as its identity. In the last two decades, the development of several mega-projects in the area of Belgrade waterfront has had a negative impact on the cultural heritage of Belgrade and its historical cityscape, affecting its urban morphology and typology. The reason for this is that urban regeneration is most often driven by economic interests, while the preservation of meaning and the memory of a place are neglected. Along with these processes, several civic initiatives have emerged that aim to prevent damage to the built heritage and to indicate the need for stronger involvement of citizens in the city's planning and development processes. In order to discontinue the tendency of being driven by economic interest and demonstrate a will to achieve further sustainable development, it is necessary to redefine the procedure for protecting valuable cultural heritage. This could be achieved by creating a new approach to protecting cultural heritage in the domain of urban design and planning, taking into account all the values, tradition, authenticity and identity of a place. Accordingly, the paper will focus on the issues of protecting Belgrade's waterfront heritage, its historical and urban context, its genesis, and its cultural and architectural characteristics. Furthermore, the possibilities for different approaches to the presentation and modern utilization of the abandoned and ruined waterfront heritage will be investigated, in order to define new, common procedures that will be in line with city development goals, citizen expectations and heritage protection measures.

LEMES DE OLIVEIRA, Fabiano; MELL, Ian (Eds.). Planning Cities with Nature: Theories, Strategies and Methods. Cham: Springer Nature, 2019.ISBN 978-3-030-01865-8 e ISBN 978-3-030-01866-5 (eBook

This paper presents a geological heritage survey of the ‘Environmental Protection Area (EPA) of the Devonian Escarpment’ within the boundaries of Ponta Grossa (Southern Brazil), a region of notable geodiversity where socio-environmental conflicts are aggravated. The EPA is a conservation unit that embraces part of the Campos Gerais do Paraná, a rich geodiversity area that holds the last remnants of natural grasslands of the region. Consisting of the primordial stage of a geoconservation strategy, the survey for the inventory becomes an important tool to affect the geoheritage protection. Sixty geological interest sites are presented with their main features, use recommendations, and were classified in geological thematic categories. These actions can guide the next steps for geoconservation of this special area.

TURCHIN, Peter (2016). Ultrasociety. How 10,000 years of war made humans the greatest cooperators on Earth. Chaplin: Beresta Books. 266 p. ISBN 10: 0996139516 - ISBN 13: 9780996139519

This paper aims to examine the philosophical work of the French epistemologist and phenomenologist - Gaston Bachelard, by transferring its interpretation from the general into a specific field of architecture. The Poetics of Space (La Poétique de l'Espace), as a Bachelard's work that enjoys even today the most comprehensive reception among the architects and theorists of architecture, shall be taken as a starting point of our analysis. Intending not to limit itself to the considerations which encompass only texts that are strictly thematically or problematically dealing with architecture, this paper aims to position and contextualise Bashlar's philosophical thought within the phenomenological reflections that found their applications in the theory of architecture. In this sence, we shall provide an insight into the duality of relations between the Bachelard's concept of poetic image (l'image poétique) and a poetic object/motif, which, in our case, referes to the inherent elements of an architectural object intended for dwelling. Therefore, in addition to the material and geometric, we shall try to apprehend and explain the experiential manner of spatial perception, and single out the echoes of Bashlar's philosophical thought, which carry within themselves a potential to distort architectural thinking. The results of research shall indirectly demonstrate two possible ways of interpreting the Bachelard's work: 1) the analogous application and appropriation of interpretations of Bachelard's text as a reversed manualdreambook for provoking and inscribing the desired experience in the architectural space, and 2) the application of the mechanisms of phenomenological analysis itself, directed towards the interest in the process of creating a poetic image, as guidelines for the actualisation of an architectural object in its specific reality, through the work on its poeticity.

Football is an intra-urban element and a constructor of relationship among cities, however in Brazil there are few studies about this theme, especially in medium-sized cities. Thus, we analyzed the relations between soccer success and the characteristics of 70 Brazilian medium-sized cities, regional capitals. We found that soccer develops heterogeneously: clubs in medium-sized cities in the South and Southeast tend to perform better; being in the capital does not influence results directly; there is a positive relationship between urban hierarchy and soccer success, despite exceptions; there is no relation between demographic size and sports results; there is a positive relationship between GDP and soccer success

O artigo apresenta a proposta arquitetônica desenvolvida em nível de estudo preliminar, com o intuito de preservar e integrar o antigo Hotel Reis Magos ao bairro da Praia do Meio e às pessoas que moram no entorno, bem como revitalizar o conjunto edificado sem descaracterizá-lo. A equipe desenvolveu um estudo que visa transformar as dependências do edifício abandonado no “Centro de Cultura e Arte Reis Magos”, visando atingir um amplo grupo de usuários desde jovens até adultos. A proposta baseia-se em modificar os usos das instalações do imóvel, adequando-o às novas necessidades, sem inserir novos anexos que poderiam impactar a relação de valor patrimonial entre o edifício, o lote e o entorno, transformando-o em um espaço democrático e inclusivo de promoção de arte e cultura para a comunidade.

The Brazilian Cerrado is a biome that encompasses one of the greatest biodiversity on the planet. Despite the high biodiversity, the Cerrado is also one of the most threatened biomes in the world with 132 endangered flora species. Due to its flat relief and favorable climatic conditions to produce soybeans exerting enormous pressure on the natural ecosystems. In addition to the pressure exerted with the expansion of areas destined to the agricultural culture, the agricultural commodities and services demanded by the soybean as transport, fuel, agricultural inputs, and labor have made the Brazilian Cerrado a very favorable scenario for the urban expansion and emergence of medium-sized cities in the context of agribusiness. In this scenario, the urban environmental management of these cities emerges as a possibility for the conservation of biodiversity in the Cerrado, avoiding the disappearance of species threatened with extinction. Therefore, the present article aims to discuss the main challenges of urban environmental management of medium-sized cities in the Brazilian Cerrado focused on the conservation of biodiversity

O Professor Piotr Tryjanowski é diretor do Instituto de Zoologia da Universidade de Ciências da Vida de Poznán na Polônia desde 2009. Ele se formou em biologia ambiental na Universidade Adam Mickiewicz (Poznan, Polônia) e suas pesquisas têm um amplo alcance geográfico, que inclui o Brasil. Seus interesses científicos são igualmente amplos e abarcam ecologia comportamental, impacto climático, aves em paisagens rurais e ecologia urbana. O Dr. Tryjanowski tem se dedicado a estudar como a urbanização afeta a fenologia das aves, quais são os impactos das infraestruturas urbanas e industriais (como postes de eletricidade, avenidas e edifícios) sobre pássaros e outros animais; e quais são as influências das mudanças climáticas sobre aves. Ele publicou mais de 250 artigos científicos, que foram citados mais de 12.000 vezes. Em novembro de 2019 o Professor Piotr Tryjanowski foi agraciado com o título de Doutor Honoris Causa pela Universidade Tcheca de Ciências da Vida, em Praga

The paper explores the urbanization process of Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande, do Sul. The analysis was conducted according to variables and criteria related to the natural landscape, geopolitical situation, the implementation of large state and private equipment, and the land parcel process. For this, historical records and municipal data were analyzed through visual observation of maps, aerial images, and photographs, with the use of geotechnologies in the elaboration of analytical maps. Finally, it analyzes the degree of interference of the natural elements of the urban landscape in the retraction or enhancement of the inductor effects of urban infrastructures and large equipment

The understanding of the countryside as a place of conflict and territorial disputes is an issue that has been constantly deconstructed by the popular media, which ends up being commonly proclaimed as the domain of the extensive production of agribusiness. However, in this study another perspective of the countryside is placed, a territory of life, of culture, of people, in addition to the coldness in the so-called ‘green deserts’, where public policies, although quite small, may also be sought and conducted to enable the peasant way of life. This research presents a brief diagnosis of the Brazilian countryside a reflection that is displaced from the dichotomous sense of the countryside since it is known that Brazil, a country with continental extensions, has full capacity to support capitalists, and peasant agriculture. Thus, a debate enshrined in the dialectical bias of these territories. Finally, the issue of peasant education is taken as a specificity, stressing the importance of this public policy to strengthen the resistance strategies of the peasant movements, since the structured peasant education is a tool to crystallize the identity of social mobilization and future generations formation.

Soil can be considered an element of geodiversity with different values; however, its significance is often underestimated. In this perspective, this research aims to apply to the soils the geodiversity valuation system based on ecosystem support, provision, regulation, cultural and knowledge services, developed by Gray (2013). The research was conducted at the PROMATA Farm, in the river Escuro drainage basin, Ubatuba Municipality, São Paulo State. Results of physical and chemical analyzes refer to the good soil structure, soil density average less than 0.8 g/cm³, and the total porosity average over 70%, it is an important condition for the soil to perform its functions. Therefore, soils perform several ecosystem services, essential for the accomplishment of human activities and the balanced operation of the environmental systems.

Dr. Mark Fellowes studied Zoology at Imperial College London (1995) and moved to Imperial’s Silwood Park campus to complete a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology (1998), followed by a brief post-doctoral position at the NERC Centre for Population Biology. He joined the University of Reading as a lecturer in Zoology (2000). Dr. Fellowes’ group work on human-wildlife interactions (People and Wildlife Research Group), asking how the choices people make have unforeseen consequences for species. Current projects include work on red kites, urban greening, cats and conservation, leopard ecology and urban butterfly population dynamics, and how the presence of mutualists affects plant-herbivore-enemy interactions in an urban context. The work of Dr. Fellowes’ research group has featured widely in national and international print and broadcast media, won a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show, and he has published two science books aimed at the general public.

Одговарајући ниво стамбеног комфора, у просторно- функционалном и здравственом погледу, један је од кључних чинилаца квалитета и одрживости социјалног становања. У постсоцијалистичкој Србији, изразито резидуалан систем обезбеђивања у овом сектору представљао је током протекле две деценије велики изазов за постизање адекватних стандарда квалитета нове социјалне станоградње. Кроз преглед националне регулативе у области планирања, пројектовања и грађења социјалног становања после 2000. год. и резултате спроведеног емпиријског истраживања о шест реализованих пројеката (у Ваљеву, Панчеву, Чачку, Краљеву, Крагујевцу и Београду), у раду се разматрају стање, ограничења и могућности за унапређење актуелне стамбене праксе у овом домену. Док је у иницијалном периоду формирања новог стамбеног система социјално становање кроз препоруке за планирање и пројектовање третирано као становање исподпросечног стандарда и квалитета, од 2009. год. његов развој се кроз законодавни оквир све више усмерава ка концепту одрживе станоградње. Истовремено, резултати евалуације пионирских примера праксе у овој области, реализованих у периоду 2008−2010. год., упућују на одређене дефиците у погледу примене критеријума одрживости. На основу анкетног испитивања корисника о задовољству различитим елементима стамбеног комфора, у одабраним примерима забележени су проблеми пренасељености станова и неадекватности остварених стамбених услова са функционалног и здравственог аспекта. Утврђено је да су станари претежно задовољни нивоом топлотног и светлосног комфора у становима, док су значајно незадовољство изразили због недостатка помоћних и отворених стамбених просторија, недовољне звучне изолације и укупно нижег квалитета изградње. У закључним разматрањима дискутују се резултати истраживања и дају се препоруке за унапређење пројектантских стандарда и инструмената мониторинга у програмима социјалног становања у Србији. Adequate level of housing comfort, in terms of space, function and health, is one of the key factors of quality and sustainability of social housing. In post-socialist Serbia, the extremely residual system of provision in this sector has been a major challenge to achieve adequate quality standards for new social housing construction over the past two decades. Through a review of the national regulations in the field of planning, design and construction of social housing after 2000 and the results of the conducted empirical research on six completed projects (in Valjevo, Pančevo, Čačak, Kraljevo, Kragujevac and Belgrade), the paper discusses the situation, limitations and opportunities for improving current housing practices in this field. In the initial period of formation of the new housing system, through the recommendations for planning and design social housing was treated as below average standard and quality housing, but since 2009 its development through the legislative framework is increasingly directed towards the concept of sustainable housing development. At the same time, the results of the evaluation of the pioneering examples of practice in this area, realized in the period 2008-2010, indicate certain deficiency in terms of the application of sustainability criteria. Through a survey of tenants on satisfaction with various elements of housing comfort, the problems of overcrowding and inadequacy of housing conditions regarding functional and health aspects were observed in selected examples. It was found that the tenants are mostly satisfied with the level of thermal and light comfort in the apartments, while they expressed significant dissatisfaction due to the lack of auxiliary and open apartment areas, insufficient sound insulation and overall lower quality construction. In the concluding remarks, the results of the research are discussed and recommendations are given for the improvement of design standards and monitoring instruments in social housing programs in Serbia.

In recent years, Dengue has become a serious public health problem for the Brazilian population, especially in urban environments. The disease is directly related to the proliferation and infestation index of the vector, which in turn depends on environmental factors that drive its multiplication. In this sense, this study aimed to understand the causes of the significant increase of Dengue in Mato Grosso in the period between 2011 and 2015. So, we analyzed the temporospatial variation of cases of Dengue notifications provided by the State Department of Health, in order to investigate the hypothesis that such expressive increase of the disease in this period could be related, above all, to socio-environmental conditions. It can be seen through the study that in the last few years there has been an alarming increase in the rates of dengue in most of the municipalities of the state of Mato Grosso and in all sectors of the territory of the state, and in those in which The weathering rate has been very different.

Urban development is increasing across the Globe and having major impacts on the life histories of organisms, including their responses to the seasonality of the environment. Modified phenology is recognized as one of the more visible impacts of climate change, easy to study as well as to relate as a story to the public. Due to the location of the main academic centres, the main sources of data often come historically from the countryside, and more recently from metropolises and big cities in the Northern Hemisphere. However, for a better understanding of changes in seasonality at a global scale, we recommend gathering more data from medium-sized towns and cities, especially in tropical regions

The text aims to provide a critical review of the Global Eye(s) project's development and results-its thematic, theoretical and scientific, methodological, strategic and organisational, design-interpretative and technical registers including spatial modes it uses and problematises regarding the architecture-machine concept. By following the process of transformation from the idea to the innovation strategy, research and innovation project, conceptual design, fabrication design, and finally test-model and prototype (analysing basic requirements for the technical solution and patent), while using the form of the exhibition design for the main experimental observation and assessment, it becomes possible to grasp all the challenges posed before the frameworks and standards of the architectural scientific and artistic approaches alongside those posed before the different interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary theory-based and practice-based methodologies. Explanation of the complex network of narratives and procedures, methodologically guided towards the applicative solution, unfolds in parallel with the central architectural topic of dynamic responsive systems based on comprehensive sensing technologies and with the theme of the architectural operationalisations of the pervasive digital infrastructures, global monitoring and communication. The main contribution of the paper has been contained in its strategic proposal of the architectural design/engineering control and integration of different disciplinary competencies, processes and solutions (referring to robotics, mechanical, software and electronic design) towards the application in the spatial register (within the object, logic or a system). The architectural intelligent instrument/installation (architecture-instrument) has been presumed as the most appropriate spatial format that should have provided the proof of a technical concept for such an integrative architectural system. Therefore, it has been investigated towards a proper definition within the broader categories of a prototype and architecture-machine.

The character of architectural space is dependent on the range of aspects that define it. Lighting presents a very significant component of architectural space. Apart from being functionally necessary for carrying out the planned activities, lighting also has a very important role in determining the ambient value of the segments or the entirety of the space. That role becomes even more important and dramatically evident in those architectural spaces that are meant to provide an intense experience for users, as in the case of sacral architecture. For centuries lighting has been a topic present in sacral architecture, and its significance becomes especially noticeable in newer interpretations of rigidly subdued contemplative spaces. The refined aesthetics of the architectural forms of the second half of the XX century often gives way to lighting as the central element of the architectural composition, which determines the mystical and suggestive ambiances that direct users to contemplation. The study is, in the first part, conducted through a theoretical analysis of the phenomena of natural and artificial lighting in architecture. Then, in the second part, an analysis of prominent examples of sacral architecture from the given period is applied in order to explore models of treating lighting as a key element in building expressive architectural spaces that invite spiritual reflections and contemplation. The goal of this research is to examine the potentials of lighting beyond its utilitarian function, and research the possibilities and potential of utilizing lighting as a carrier of the meditative and transcendental character of sacral architecture. The result of the research is a confirmation of the importance of lighting in sacral architecture, and an insight into the ways of thinking about light in the context of shaping suggestive and meditative architectural spaces that intensify the hyperphysical experience.

A considerable environmental turbulence pushes cultural and creative firms to cluster and to adopt new forms of cross-integration. An issue common also to wider entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) of SMEs. This evolutionary trend has given birth to a new generation of cultural districts defined as system-wide cultural districts (SWCDs) in which culture acts like a lever for all production sectors and not merely the cultural one, as in the past. The paper investigates the internal nested geographies of SWCDs through a comparative analysis of the district policies implemented by Italian Regions from 2000 to 2015 providing a new classification of cultural districts that updates the existing ones and reflecting on the links between SWCDs, urban policies and landscape planning.

The design and development of the Center for Ecology and Sports Development and the Red Cross of Kosovo and Metohija introduced a new solution to the problem of protection and management of part of Gazivode Lake shore, an area of national importance. The uniqueness of the complex is reflected in its multi-functionality, which basically consists of water protection and monitoring, education, humanitarian activities, sports and recreational facilities and underwater research, all located within the exceptional ambience of Gazivode Lake. The architecture of the buildings, characterized by regional tradition and its specific ecological purpose contribute to the impression of a careful fitting into the artifacts of the environment, which makes up the unity of nature and the layered cultural and historical heritage. With the final realization, the newly-built complex justified the basic conceptual starting-points of the authors according to their statement, which are finding the character of the place, discovering the potential of a wider context and harmony.

This paper aims to analyze the relations between attempts to control the commercialization of goods transported and traded by workers in the popular markets of Posadas, Argentina, exploring the gaps between what is standardized and what is carried out by the different agents involved. For this, observations were made in ‘Mercado La Placita del Puente’ and in ‘Mercado Modelo’, as well as interviews with managers and workers. The results demonstrate the existence of tensions among ‘puesteros, ‘paseras’ and the administrative agents, composed of disputes in the maintenance and the development of strategies that enable the necessary and effective work practices, but also flexibility in the law application, which allows the visualization of a space where different agents articulate, exposing negotiations and resistances.

Este artigo justifica a intervenção proposta pelos autores no Hotel Internacional Reis Magos para o Concurso de Ideias organizado pelo Coletivo [R]existe Reis Magos. O edifício está localizado no bairro de Praia do Meio em Natal-RN e conta com cerca de 1921,38 m² de área construída. Foi inaugurado em 1965 a partir de recursos públicos para receber hóspedes mais refinados e eventos de grande porte, tornando-se um marco na paisagem urbana e potencializando a ocupação das áreas adjacentes. Foi arrendado pela iniciativa privada e manteve sua relevância até a década de 1990, quando foi desativado pelo grupo proprietário. Desde 2013 tem sido alvo de disputa judicial e de especulação imobiliária em seu entorno. Ademais, diversos aspectos apontam a importância do Hotel Internacional Reis Magos, dentre eles, a contribuição no reconhecimento da necessidade de preservação da paisagem litorânea, a permanência de seus atributos formais e plásticos, e sua influência sobre os arredores. Verifica-se, assim, a necessidade de sua preservação por meio de tal proposta.

This paper aims to analyze the possibilities and limitations of using synthetic indicators using two globally applied systems as a reference, the Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) and the City Prosperity Index-CPI. Therefore, aims to analyze two different urban realities: São Paulo (SP) and Fortaleza (CE), based on two indexes: The Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) of the United Nations Program (PNUD) and the City Prosperity Index (CPI) started in 2012 by the United Nations Program for Human Settlements (ONU-Habitat). The MHDI is based on indicators in three dimensions: longevity, education, and family income, while the CPI measures the characteristics of the municipalities in terms of productivity, infrastructure, inclusion and social equity, quality of life, environmental sustainability, and governance and legislation. Comparative analysis of the results of indicators that reveal the limitations and potentials considered for the construction of improved systems indicators. It is noticed, from the analyzed properties, factors that go beyond the character of the indicator must be considered. Efficiency in the collection, acceptance of the target audience, and qualitative analysis must be considered in use for the adequate measurement of the actions developed in the municipal public management and for the understanding of the appropriate and social changes in the cities.

This work aims to understand the constitution of Open Spaces in the city of Erechim, particularly those of public character, their relationship with urban morphology, and its main agents of production. We analyzed overlapped maps and data in a GIS environment as well as qualitative and exploratory data. The research points out that there is disarticulation in the Open Spaces that emerged from land subdivision processes, and these Open Spaces do not have adequate infrastructure for social appropriation. It is also concluded that there is great potential to connect the Open Spaces studied with the railway line deactivated and thus a proposal is made to conform an Open Space System

Nas cidades de médio porte a oferta de unidades habitacionais é limitada, bem como os programas de regularização ou renovação que poderiam beneficiar os moradores. Diante das dificuldades vivenciadas pelas famílias em função de carências referentes aos aspectos físicos, ambientais, jurídicos e sociais, ações pontuais de desenho urbano podem contribuir para o processo de reabilitação de áreas carentes buscando sua habitabilidade. O bairro Manoel Domingos, em Pau dos Ferros/RN experimenta desde 2015 um processo de regularização fundiária que deve contemplar prerrogativas jurídicas e sociais. Aborda as formas de utilização da Praça Antônio Francisco Floriano bem como identifica como os usuários se relacionam com o ambiente e como ele influencia as formas utilização e valorização local. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quanti-qualitativa que contou com pesquisa bibliográfica, com levantamentos físicos do equipamento e do bairro, observações sistematizadas e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Ressalta-se a relevância em discutir elementos da vitalidade urbana em uma cidade de médio porte do semiárido nordestino, considerando as particularidades existentes. Os resultados apontaram que a praça está integrada material e imaterialmente na comunidade e se consolida como local de encontro e lazer dos moradores e da circunvizinhança, especialmente pela carência desse tipo de equipamento na cidade. Têm-se nessa praça um importante suporte para a vitalidade urbana e para o incremento da vida em âmbito público no bairro e da cidade, contribuindo junto com o processo de regularização fundiária para a reabilitação integrada da área.

This paper examines the energy properties of parametrically modeled facades of office buildings in Belgrade climate conditions. The design of the facade was defined by the algorithm created in Dynamo, a visual programming software. Pieces of information from this algorithm are being used by Project Refinery, so it can analyze solutions with variable size and distribution of the openings on the facade, for predefined fitness functions (solar radiation), using metaheuristic optimization method - genetic algorithm. Examining the results, the most efficient solution was chosen. The results from all of the optimizations were used to create three hypothetical models with real-life characteristics, in BIM software Revit. All models were tested in the cloud-based platform Green Building Studio for energy simulations, and the results were compared. The main task was to find the most optimal solution for the design of the facade for the office building in Belgrade climate conditions. The methodology contains an optimization of the facade using genetic algorithm, creation of the hypothetical models, numerical simulation of their energy performance and analysis of the results.

Global urban processes also emerge in the mid-sized cities, from their local logics, contributing to the dissolution of the urban/rural binomial. This paper investigates such processes based on a case study about Bauru, a medium-sized city located in the center of São Paulo state. It retakes Henri Lefebvre’s idea of “generalized urbanization” and reveals the need to revise public policies and planning in the face of phenomena that do not fit into urban/rural classifications - and thus reveal the spread of an uneven urban fabric and the degradation of the natural landscape

The evolution of the villa has always represented the evolution of the lifestyle; that is why the villa typologically originated from the Romans, but it always revived in European architecture at times of architectural forms fundamental changing, which also represented social changes. In Tuscan rural areas of the 16th century, the stylized houses connected the classical iconography with the life full of virtue, balance, usefulness and contemplation. In the European landscape of the 1930s this architectural type sought to encompass the atmosphere of the world connected by railroads, steamships and submarines, the means by which modern society mastered the global distances. The aesthetics of the traffic machine is built into the iconography of the modern villa in the way that scenes from mythology and humanistic literature have fulfilled its classical form. The machine was a symbol of civilization overcoming what was once insurmountable difference between close and too far places. The breakthrough in technology abolished the division into cultivated and wild nature, enabling to the life in villas to become even closer to the urban culture it essentially represented. What was once a static scenery has been transformed into a dynamic sequence of views from a moving point, yet the definition of villa didn't change. In the villas, more than anywhere else, the form that nature and agricultural activities give to the landscape remains connected with the finest expression of urban art and civilization.

O texto apresenta o concurso de ideias “MEMÓRIA DO HOTEL REIS MAGOS”, cujo objetivo foi promover a educação patrimonial através do debate qualificado sobre o tombamento do Hotel Reis Magos e esclarecer a sociedade acerca do seu valor patrimonial e sobre as possibilidades de requalificação e restauração do edifício através de propostas que apontem para novos usos. O concurso foi organizado pelo coletivo [R]existe Reis Magos em parceria com o Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB/RN) e o Instituto dos Amigos do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Cultural e da Cidadania (IAPHACC) e teve como parâmetros o estudo sobre a importância histórica, simbólica e arquitetônica do Hotel Reis Magos, desenvolvido por sete pesquisadores do Departamento de Arquitetura da UFRN, os dados apresentados nos documentos de caracterização física e socioeconômica da área, e pelos documentos “Seminários Populares: O desenvolvimento da Orla pelas comunidades - Síntese das discussões” e “Reflexões e Caminhos para as Praias do Meio, Forte e Redinha” – produzido pelo Projeto Orla. De caráter cultural, o concurso premiou as quatro equipes participantes, que apresentaram propostas de um espaço de caráter público/coletivo, com obras de arte e caixas contendo uma seleção de livros.

Bevk Perović arhitekti was founded by Matija Bevk b. 1972, graduated from Faculty of Architecture University of Ljubljana) and Vasa J. Perović b. 1965, graduated from Faculty of Architecture University of Belgrade, YU; Master's degree from Berlage Institute, Amsterdam). They work, alongside with the international team of 15 young architects, on a diverse range of projects in different European countries. They have been awarded numerous national and international prizes - European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Emerging Architect Award, Kunstpreis Berlin, Plečnik Prize, Piranesi Award, and others. In order to understand and comprehend their work, one must examine their 'dedicated choice' to follow conditions in which a building emerges. These conditions range from political and social, to environmental and material their simple, yet complex architectural solutions strive to respond to those conditions beyond bare function. For this publication we have selected two of the most recent finished public buildings: Islamic Religious and Cultural Centre Ljubljana and Neue Galerie und Kasematten / Neue Bastei, Wiener Neustadt 2016 - 2019.

El uso de materiales sostenibles, incorpora beneficios ambientales, en especial para las grandes ciudades debido a los altos índices de contaminación actuales.(Fernández-Agüera, Domínguez-Amarillo, Alonso, & Martín-Consuegra, 2019) .El cemento, el ladrillo y el acero son los materiales más usados en la construcción y son los que más emisiones de C02 generan en su proceso de fabricación. En este artículo se evalúa, cómo la incorporación de materiales sostenibles podría mejorar el confort térmico en una vivienda en proceso de auto-construcción, en el barrio la San José de Bosa en Bogotá, Colombia. El problema del Confort se abordó como una condición fundamental de la vivienda. La vivienda responde a una necesidad de hábitat entendido como la necesidad de tener un espacio propio sin importar la forma en que este espacio responda a las variables climáticas. En la metodología empleada se realizaron mediciones periódicas con el objetivo de determinar el balance térmico y como los materiales empleados respondieron a las condiciones climáticas existentes, para mejorar el confort térmico se incorporaron materiales sostenibles y se hicieron las mediciones para determinar si los nuevos materiales aislaban térmicamente la vivienda.

RESUMEN: Las exigencias europeas de ahorro energético en edificación establecen las directrices para que cada país miembro defina su propia metodología de coste óptimo, basada en términos de coste-eficacia, tanto para obra nueva como para rehabilitación. En el caso de España, actualmente esa metodología se encuentra en fase de desarrollo, por lo que el presente estudio aplica las directrices europeas y plantea diferentes medidas de rehabilitación pasivas en la envolvente para dos tipologías de edificios representativos en dicho país, un edificio entre medianeras en casco histórico y otro bloque de viviendas aislado, situados en cinco zonas climáticas diferentes. El trabajo relaciona la demanda y consumo energético (kW•h/m2 año) con el coste global (€) para diferentes propuestas, obteniendo los valores de coste óptimo y períodos de amortización. Se propone, además, el indicador de “coste30”, como el coste adecuado para conseguir amortizaciones inferiores a 30 años, y se amplía el análisis incorporando el salario mínimo interprofesional a la inversión. Los resultados concluyen que la metodología de coste óptimo permite obtener valores adecuados y que, en ese marco, existe un abanico de intervenciones válidas que dependen principalmente de la tipología, la zona climática y los costes de inversión.

This paper reports on alternative food procure­ment initiatives in Canadian Indigenous commu­nities. Like many communities around the world, they have experienced the ‘nutrition transition’ toward nutritionally compromised industrial food, with debilitating results. Much of this change in nutritional status has been created by a lethal com­bination of self-serving government policy and predatory corporate practice that ghettoizes Indige­nous communities within a for-profit pseudo-food system. To find solutions to the colonially struc­tured food deserts imposed on them, many Indige­nous communities have turned to the social econ­omy, initiating projects such as community gar­dens, greenhouses, and co-operatives. While largely unrecognized in the wider world, these initiatives are created and managed by communities, for the benefit of communities, giving us a deeper under­standing of what place-based food systems can accomplish. Note: This paper is also part of the proceedings of the Place-Based Food Systems Conference, published as JAFSCD volume 9, supplement 1. See the press release for this article.

Para la asignatura optativa “Introducción al diseño bioambiental” del curso de Arquitectura de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU, UBA), el objetivo fue diseñar una Unidad Básica de Salud a pequeña escala para abastecer a la población local del lugar y cuya intervención y diseño deben guiarse por criterios bioclimáticos, teniendo en cuenta las condiciones climáticas, geográficas y culturales del lugar.

O artigo trata resumidamente do concurso estudantil de arquitetura bioclimática entitulado XI Bienal José Miguel Aroztegui , que ocorreu concomitantemente ao XV ENCAC - Encontro Nacional de Conforto no Ambiente Construído durante os dias 18,19 e 20 de Setembro de 2019 na cidade de Joao Pessoa/PB. O enfoque do concurso foi arquitetura biobclimática em espaços de saúde, especificamente em unidades básicas de saúde-UBS.

Este artigo propõe-se a analisar as inconsistências e permanências de parâmetros urbanísticos presentes em planos diretores e leis de uso e ocupação do solo instituídos para o município de Belém, da 1970 até os dias atuais, investigando a correlação entre os zoneamentos propostos e a verticalização no espaço urbano de Belém, e a perda do desempenho ambiental da cidade no que diz respeito à supressão de áreas vegetadas em miolos de quadra, na Primeira Légua Patrimonial de Belém, mais especificamente na área correspondente à Zona do Ambiente Urbano (ZAU) 6. As análises detiveram-se mais diretamente aos empreendimentos construídos durante o ciclo imobiliário mais recente, aprovados na vigência da Lei Complementar de Controle Urbanístico de 1999 (LCCU/99), cujos parâmetros urbanísticos são mantidos praticamente inalterados no Plano Diretor Urbano (PDU) de 2008, tornando-os os parâmetros de mais longa duração na história recente do planejamento urbano de Belém. Como metodologia, foi feita a espacialização dos zoneamentos de cada instrumento legal, dos dados obtidos em levantamento de campo na Secretaria Municipal de Urbanismo (SEURB), que registram a produção imobiliária no período entre os anos de 1982 e 2018, e o levantamento da área total correspondente aos miolos de quadra vegetados nos anos de 1998 e 2018, como possível consequência das mudanças morfológicas causadas por um elevado potencial construtivo.

Os arquitetos Joel Ramalho Junior, Leonardo Tossiaki Oba e Guilherme Zamoner Neto conquistaram o primeiro lugar em cinco concursos de arquitetura realizados nos anos de 1970: o edifício Sede do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico (BNDE) para Brasília (1973), mas construído no Rio de Janeiro (1974); a Praça e Monumento ao Migrante, em Cascavel (1976); o Edifício Anexo à Assembleia Legislativa do Paraná, em Curitiba (1976); o Centro de Exposições e Convenções do Estado de Pernambuco, no Recife (1977), e o Edifício Sede para a Terrafoto AS – Atividade de Aerolevantamentos (projeto não construído de 1979), em Embu das Artes. Este artigo trata de analisar estes projetos para mostrar que, por um lado, eles não contestaram os pressupostos formais dos anos de 1950-1960, mas, por outro, buscaram respostas projetuais distintas daquelas configuradas pela expressão hegemônica da arquitetura modernista brasileira. Nesse sentido, o trabalho busca apontar as referências que embasaram estes projetos e contextualizá-las no panorama da arquitetura pós-Brasília. Com base na análise formal dos projetos e apoiado na revisão de literatura, o texto se vale da argumentação lógica para revelar que os projetos premiados de Ramalho, Oba e Zamoner fazem parte de um cenário de atualização do pensamento arquitetônico brasileiro, em Curitiba, na década de 1970.

Este artigo é resultado da pesquisa elaborada durante o doutorado e trata sobre relações de vizinhança existentes no interior de empreendimentos residenciais delimitados por muros, implantados na cidade de Arapiraca, segunda maior cidade do estado de Alagoas, associando dois conceitos desenvolvidos no estudo: coesão social e loteamento de acesso controlado (LAC). O primeiro trata de uma integração existente entre pessoas baseada em afinidades e expectativas compartilhadas e o segundo se refere ao modelo de loteamento que nasce conforme lei de parcelamento do solo nº6.766/1979, mas que sofre transformações em sua configuração sendo reconhecido na lei 13.465/2017. O texto é dividido em três partes, uma delas explica o conceito de LAC, com base em referencial teórico e legislação vigente, e como foi modificado ao longo dos anos chegando ao modelo consolidado no Brasil. A segunda parte aborda o capital social de acordo com estudiosos do tema e a maneira como se materializa a coesão social, formulando uma definição própria para o trabalho. Por fim, a terceira parte expõe os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados para explorar o tema e aproximar teoria e campo, cruzando informações colhidas na teoria com as vivências durante as visitas de campo nos LACs existentes em Arapiraca. Os LACs arapiraquenses são espaços nos quais os moradores estão próximos fisicamente, mas distantes em contatos sociais, eventos e mobilização em prol de benefícios coletivos, aqueles de renda mais baixa possuem uma intensidade maior de coesão, mas ainda assim a maneira como os espaços são projetados não favorecem as relações de vizinhança.

Kampung Atas Air Manggar merupakan salah satu permukiman tradisional yang dilindungi dan dilestarikan di Balikpapan Berdasarkan karakteristik bangunan, kegiatan perekonomian, lokasi geografis dan homogenitasnya menjadikan Kampung Atas Air Manggar memiliki kekhasan dalam struktur sosial. Lingkungan dapat mempengaruhi peluang kehidupan manusia berdasarkan jaringan sosial yang terbentuk dan yang telah terpengaruh oleh faktor spasial yang berbeda. Secara fisik, kampung ini memiliki kemiripan dengan kampung sempadan sungai yang seringkali mendapatkan julukan kampung kumuh. Akan tetapi, perbedaan kegiatan ekonomi di Kampung Atas Air Manggar yang didominasi kegiatan nelayan menjadi dasar tujuan penelitian ini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tipologi struktur sosial masyarakat pada Kampung Atas Air Manggar dalam penggunaan ruang permukiman nelayan. Metode yang digunakan adalah social network analysis dengan perhitungan density dan centrality. Hasil penelitian ini menghasilkan temuan tingkatan density yang menunjukkan bahwa aliran informasi hanya dapat tersampaikan secara langsung dengan cepat pada kurang dari 20% pada tingkat RT. Peranan tokoh sentral memberikan pengaruh dalam aliran informasi sebagai salah satu unsur modal sosial. Tipologi jaringan sosial yang tergolong rendah juga dapat dilihat pada penggunaan ruang permukiman yang didominasi oleh aktivitas rutin nelayan, pedagang, dan warga. Aktivitas pilihan dan aktivitas sosial bersifat terbatas, serta dipengaruhi oleh ikatan hubungan jaringan sosial yang rendah .

Usaha berbasis rumah Batik Tulis Pesantenan merupakan salah satu bentuk pemberdayaan di Kabupaten Pati yang dilakukan secara mandiri oleh masyarakat. Berdirinya usaha ini dilatarbelakangi oleh banyaknya ibu rumah tangga muda yang menganggur dengan suami sebagai perantau dan terbukti mampu memberdayakan lebih dari 200 (dua ratus) ibu rumah tangga sebagai pekerja. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi pembelajaran dari proses pemberdayaan yang dilakukan oleh lembaga non-pemerintah berdasarkan fenomena yang terjadi di lapangan. Metode yang digunakan adalah campuran melalui kuesioner terhadap 19 responden dan wawancara secara mendalam dengan narasumber kunci yaitu pemilik dan perintis usaha serta 9 perangkat desa asal pekerja. Teknik analisis dengan cara deskriptif baik data kuantitatif maupun kualitatif. Penelitian ini memberikan pembelajaran proses pemberdayaan melalui usaha berbasis rumah sebagai fenomena dalam studi tentang perkotaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemilik usaha merupakan pihak yang sangat berpengaruh dan penting keberadaannya sehingga aktivitas pemberdayaan ada dan berlanjut hingga sekarang. Ia berperan sebagai inisiator, penggerak, dan fasilitator yang merintis terjadinya proses mulai dari nol sehingga memberikan akses pekerjaan bagi ibu rumah tangga yang memiliki keterbatasan waktu dan keterampilan. Enam sifat yang melekat padanya yakni rasa empati, mampu melihat adanya potensi dan kebutuhan, jiwa kepemimpinan, inisiatif yang tinggi, pemikiran maju dan terbuka, berperan sebagai fasilitator. Selain itu, motif utama keberhasilannya yaitu adanya manfaat ekonomi.

Gang Banjar Kampung Melayu berada di kawasan pesisir bagian utara Kota Semarang. Kawasan ini rawan terkena banjir rob, sehingga menjadikan masyarakat melakukan upaya adaptasi dalam menghadapi ancaman banjir rob tersebut. Penelitian ini mengkaji dampak banjir rob, upaya adaptasi masyarakat pesisir Gang Banjar Kampung Melayu dan peran pemerintah. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif deskriptif eksploratif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode triangulasi melalui telaah dokumen, wawancara, dan observasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa banjir rob berdampak pada lingkungan, sosial dan ekonomi. Kemudian masyarakat melakukan upaya adaptasi, baik bersifat soft (non-fisik) maupun hard (fisik). Pemerintah telah berperan dalam adaptasi fisik, melalui pembangunan rumah pompa, optimalisasi pintu air Kali Semarang, melakukan peninggian jalan dan perbaikan drainase. Namun, pemerintah belum berperan dalam adaptasi non-fisik untuk meningkatkan kapasitas sosial dan pemberdayaan ekonomi masyarakat.

One of the goals of urban development is to improve the quality of life of the people, especially in the aspect of health, as found in Denpasar, Bali, which wants to create a healthy city. Denpasar City Development is expected to create and improve health services for the entire community. Improved health infrastructure services are expected to support other government health programs, including the Family Planning Program (KB) as an effort to inhibit the rate of population growth that negatively impacts the economy and environment of a rural and urban area. Through family planning programs people can set the number of children and the desired pregnancy distance, especially for people who live in urban areas. This study aimed to determine contraceptive services in Fertile Age Women (WRA) in urban areas. A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted on 1,777 women of childbearing age in Denpasar City. Data on family planning users were obtained from the BKKBN family data collection in 2018. The survey data were processed through univariate and bivariate analysis to determine trends in the use of contraceptives in Denpasar. 55.7% of family planning services in Denpasar are in a bad category. Fertile Age Women (WUS) in the city of Denpasar do not have health insurance (41.6%), do not receive family planning information through the media (41.1%), do not get information from health workers (73.5%), do not get field visit from the health workers ( 96.5%) and do not receive counseling services (59.8%). The low utilization of family planning services will affect the quality of life of the community in Denpasar, especially the WUS, and become a barrier to achieve a healthy city.

The Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 attribute to the Federated states to define the criteria for the creation of new municipalities. Therefore, the states’ rules facilitate the creation of these political units, which contributed to the dismembering intensification throughout the country. Because of this, it was approved the Constitutional Amendment 15/1996 which prevented municipalities from being created until new Federal regulations, and those created without the legal regulation were judicially contested. This work intends to uncover how municipalities could be created and installed since then, without legal support, and for what reasons the Brazilian judiciary maintained its existence. Controversial The establishment of these municipalities reveals political disputes, power relations, and conceptions of State that lead to reflection on the meaning of the territorial division in Brazil.

Due to its positive effects on the economy, tourism is a significant aspect in the development of a country. Therefore, it is necessary to improve facilities at tourism destinations as well as to especially increase the local people’s self-esteem in order to maintain such destinations. The study aims to examine self-esteem referring to the assessments given by tourists and residents in which such assessments can be used to improve the maintenance of tourist attractions in a region. As one of the regencies in North Sumatera Province, Karo owns great tourism potentials due to its various natural attractions as well as cultural richness. However, many of these attractions are not well maintained so self-esteem is considered as a solution. This study has measured four aspects namely evaluation, pride, attachment, and commitment which must become parts of Karo’s identity. This study used the mix method which utilized a combination of 360 questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The findings show that the aspects of pride, attachment, and commitment became the positive features by the local residents although the assessment to the aspect is poorly evaluated. Moreover, the quality of infrastructures available at main tourism destinations was proved to increase also the residents’ quality of life.

ResumenLos humedales costeros de los municipios de Chimbote y Nuevo Chimbote, actualmente se encuentran en diferentes grados de depredación, contaminación y degradación ambiental. Producto de la consolidación del sector industrial y el “boom” pesquero, originados a mediados del siglo XX. Consecuencia de ello, los procesos de expansión urbana han generado la pérdida de un 65% de la superficie total de los humedales costeros de la región. En este sentido, la investigación tiene como objetivo, determinar si la infraestructura verde, es capaz de contener los procesos de expansión urbana y evitar la degradación y desaparición de los humedales costeros, a fin de reducir los impactos tanto antrópicos como naturales. Desde este enfoque, se procede a realizar un análisis general del estado actual de los humedales costeros de ambos municipios. Como resultado, se ha comprobado que integrándose la infraestructura verde en conjunto con otros espacios verdes o naturales y mediante una adecuada planificación urbana, se pueden contener los desmesurados procesos de expansión urbana, reduciéndose los impactos y consecuencias generados tanto por los procesos antrópicos y naturales.AbstractThe coastal wetlands owned by the municipalities of Chimbote and New Chimbote currently find themselves at different degrees of environmental depredation, pollution and, degradation. It comes as a result of the consolidation of the industrial sector and the fishing “boom,” originated during the middle of the 20th century. As a consequence, the urban expansionary processes have caused the loss of 65% of the surface of the coastal wetlands in the region. In this sense, this investigation’s objective is to determine whether the green infrastructure is capable of containing the urban expansionary processes and of avoiding the degradation and disappearance of the coastal wetlands, so it reduces the impact of both anthropic and naturals sources. From this perspective, it proceeds to perform a general analysis of the coastal wetlands’ current state, for both municipalities. As a result, it has been proven that integrating the green infrastructure along with other green areas, natural or otherwise, and through adequate urban planning, the excessive urban expansionary processes can be contained, reducing the impact and consequences generated by both anthropic and natural processes.

This paper discusses the relationships between urban landscape, public spaces, and territorial management in one medium-sized city of São Paulo state. Three sets of approach are outlined: the establishment of parameters for the characterization of the medium-sized cities of São Paulo; the specific context of São Carlos, with biophysical characteristics conjugated with the socio-spatial dynamics of development and expansion; and the challenges and perspectives in the configuration and management of public spaces and urban landscapes. It is intended to reflect on articulations between the fields of landscape and urban planning and indicate applications to the studied context, with integrations between design, instruments, legislation and public policies.