Tourism for whom?: Different paths to development and alternative experiments in Brazil

The tourism policies pursued by the Brazilian government since the 1990s have not produced the benefits that were expected from mass tourism. The example of two very successful cases of community-based tourism, stressing paths rooted in a development model that is fair and environmentally responsible, shows that tourism development can improve the quality of life in communities that receive an influx of tourists provided that the local community is taken into account and the planning and implementation of such development focus on creating opportunities and benefits for its members. © 2008 Latin American Perpectives.

Distribuição de frequência das condições de céu em função das variações climáticas em Botucatu-SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

O lugar do turismo em Armação dos Búzios - RJ: ordenamento territorial e questões socioespaciais

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Subsídios para a formulação de políticas públicas para o turismo no espaço rural na Rota das Terras - RS

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

O turismo como alternativa de renda no município de Rancharia

This present work talk about the tourism and the historic evolution of this conception, also it brings some thoughts about the increase of the tourism activity in the all around the world. The territorial slash study is in Rancharia, the research the shows aspect of localization, description, natural and socials. During this work was introduced a study about the most important programs and projects that were initiate in the country by the public authorities with the focus in the tourism development, and also was noted the current tendency in the formation of intermunicipal consortium that has the aim to develop the activity of the regional tourism. It was presented the mains tourism attractions in the municipal district, such as, municipal watering- place. To develop this current work it was made some researches by the application of a formulary to the tourist, and the interview was made by representatives of the private and public sector, which was exposed their vision about the activity tourism development and the importance of the municipal district participation in the public politics that is turned to the tourism. The work concludes that the tourism activity could come to turn one alternative of job and lacework to the city, but is necessary that develop it in the base of the local tourism, that brings benefits to all the community involved in this process

O turismo e a paisagem natural e cultural do Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar - Núcleo Santa Virgínia

Tourism represents a socio-economic activity to generate local and regional development and at the same time contribute to the valuation and conservation of natural and cultural landscape. From this premise, we believe that the study area - PESM – Núcleo Santa Virginia and surroundings - has a great tourism potential, which can be further explored through public policies that value and at the same time assist the conservation of the natural and cultural landscape of the region. Therefore, this project, which arises from a research project conducted by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in partnership with the Forestry Institute (IF), analyzes the possibilities and limitations of the attractions and tourist activities in areas of intensive, extensive use and around this area. Through literature research and application of semi-structured questionnaires to the main agents of local tourism important information for the characterization of tourism activities in the study area were obtained, as well as to identify gaps in planning instruments and management about PESM - Núcleo Santa Virginia. Through this diagnosis, we intend to provide support for the development of tourism in Núcleo Santa Virginia and its surrounding area, seeking to conserve natural and cultural heritage and improving the quality of life of local people

Influência do arcabouço hidroestratigráfico nas ocorrências de arsênio em águas subterrâneas ao longo do corredor termal do rio Uruguai (Argentina - Brasil - Uruguai)

The Thermal Corridor of Uruguay River is located in the triple border of Argentine, Brazil and Uruguay, and shows an intense economic thermal tourism activity, mainly based on groundwaters from Guarani Aquifer System (GAS). Recent studies have pointed out the occurrence of high concentrations of arsenic (>10 μg/L) in GAS groundwater in this area. The complex geological and hydrogeological framework in the area is associated to the Paraná Basin geological evolution south of the Assuncion-Rio Grande Arch; it encompass paleozoic marine sequences and continental sequences permian/eotriassic to mesozoic in age, which are covered by basaltic lavas of Serra Geral Formation. Iron oxide coatings have been described in sandstones of Buena Vista and Sanga do Cabral formations, which underlie GAS units. Arsenic occurrence is associated to sodium bicarbonate groundwater with pH values over 8.0. Arsenic is released to groundwater by desorption from iron oxides/hydroxides, as result of the higher pH of these waters, indicating that arsenic is released from the units that underlie GAS units. Increase in chromium and uranium concentrations are also related to high pH groundwaters, thus indicating special care on using groundwater from this region.

Os elementos do espaço turístico da fronteira Brasil-bolívia

The geographical space aimed by this study was the Brazil-Bolivia border, involving the urban areas of the Brazilian city, Corumbá, and the Bolivian ones, Puerto Quijarro and Puerto Suárez. The objective of this study was to analyze the touristic border spaces, speculating about their similarities and divergences regarding integrated planning. Secondary data, resulting from field work, was used in the methodology. The border generates a tangled web of relationships and streams. The presented spatial elements mix complex rationalities, sometimes approaching, sometimes denying and even disregarding the possibilities that can be translated by the border.

A territorialização do setor vitivinícola do estado de São Paulo (1994-2009): processo de institucionalização, grau de desenvolvimento territorial e papel das políticas públicas

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Análise geoambiental dos grandes rios, aplicado ao potencial turístico e determinação da capacidade de carga turística: estudo de caso alto curso do Rio Paraná (PR e MS)

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

Manifestações da governança territorial no Brasil: uma análise do 'circuito das águas paulista' e do 'circuito das malhas do sul de Minas Gerais'

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Imagem turística de Itanhém, litoral sul paulista

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Encontros e desencontros do turismo com a sustentabilidade: um estudo do município de Bonito – Mato Grosso do Sul

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

O associativismo como alternativa de desenvolvimento na dinâmica da economia solidária

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Termas de Ibirá -SP: águas, lazer e saúde

This monograph aims to understand the thermalism in Estancia Hidromineral de Ibirá and how it influenced the local tourism. The practice of searching for treatments using of the thermal waters is very old. In Roman civilization spa were sumptuous spaces frequented by the nobles. This practice had its decline during the Middle Ages, and later reactivated by the aristocracy. In Brazil the thermal practices arose in the reign of D. João VI, nowadays there are several thermal cities in the country. This research aimed to understand the thermalism in Termas de Ibirá District, located in Ibirá, in the state of São Paulo. Local water always drew attention for differentiate the common waters. From the construction of the Balneary in the city the thermal tourism began to develop on site. And since then has been growing and developing