O impacto da m��sica ambiente cantada em Portugu��s no comportamento do consumidor: o caso do El Corte Ingl��s de Vila Nova de Gaia

A investiga����o realizada �� de car��ter inovador, tendo estudado o impacto da m��sica cantada em Portugu��s no comportamento do consumidor do espaço de restaura����o do El Corte Ingl��s de Vila Nova de Gaia. Para o efeito, foram conduzidos dois estudos quantitativos (A e B). O estudo A, comparou a resposta dos consumidores �� presen��a/aus��ncia de m��sica ambiente, ao passo que o estudo B, confrontou comportamentos num cen��rio de exposi����o a m��sica ambiente cantada em idioma portugu��s/estrangeiro. Atrav��s da aplica����o de um question��rio, foram recolhidos dados relativos �� estimativa do tempo de perman��ncia no restaurante, valor gasto, quantidade de itens consumidos, disponibilidade para pagar e inten����o de retorno e de recomenda����o. A an��lise dos dados permitiu concluir que a presen��a de m��sica ambiente tem consider��vel impacto no comportamento de consumo e que a exposi����o do consumidor a m��sica cantada no idioma materno eleva em 24% o tempo de perman��ncia no espaço de restaura����o e em 17% o valor gasto em compras. A presente investiga����o constitui um ineg��vel contributo para a gest��o adequada e estrat��gica da m��sica ambiente no ponto de venda, potenciando a cria����o de experi��ncias memor��veis com real impacto no comportamento do consumidor.

Proposta de metodologia de abordagem ao projeto de uma habita����o sustent��vel - a qualidade do espaço interior

Face ��s prementes quest��es da falta de condi����es de habitabilidade na habita����o, das transforma����es clim��ticas e da descaracteriza����o do territ��rio que enfrentamos no s��culo XXI, torna-se fundamental o contributo que a arquitetura e o design podem ter na resposta a estes desafios. Uma habita����o sustent��vel, um conceito multidimensional que �� baseado no resultado do seu desempenho aos n��veis ambiental, social e econ��mico, pode ser uma das resposta-chave para os problemas atuais. Este conceito est�� relacionado com: um ambiente interior saud��vel e confort��vel; a preserva����o da identidade cultural; a otimiza����o do potencial do terreno e das condi����es clim��ticas; o baixo consumo de energia; a diminui����o das emiss��es de CO2; e a redu����o dos custos do ciclo de vida. A presente disserta����o re��ne um conjunto de informa����es sobre pr��ticas de planeamento e constru����o, que partem do utilizador e de uma an��lise geogr��fica, que inclui a caracteriza����o da localiza����o, do clima, do terreno, da incid��ncia solar e da predomin��ncia de ventos, e terminam no estudo de materiais de constru����o (que podem provir de mat��rias-primas locais) e de infraestruturas. Este conjunto de premissas traduz-se numa metodologia de projeto, que pretende ser suficientemente flex��vel e simultaneamente pr��tica, de modo a poder ser utilizada em diferentes circunst��ncias nas quais o objetivo seja o desenvolvimento de uma habita����o sustent��vel

CAPITAL PSICOL��GICO COMO MODERADOR ENTRE PERCEP����ES DE SUPORTE NO AMBIENTE SOCIAL E NO CONTEXTO ORGANIZACIONAL DE EMPREENDEDIMENTOS ECON��MICOS SOLID��RIOS

Nas ��ltimas d��cadas o comportamento organizacional vem sendo foco de estudos visto a necessidade de se conhecer cren��as, afetos e sentimentos, elementos cada vez mais importantes num processo rumo ao alcance de resultados organizacionais, principalmente num cen��rio de grande disputa e conquista por espaço em um mercado cada vez mais competitivo. Dessa forma, reconhece-se a import��ncia do papel que o conhecimento sobre o comportamento humano tem na efic��cia da gest��o. O contexto da Economia Solid��ria aparece como uma forma de organiza����o onde possui princ��pios organizativos que compreendem a posse coletiva dos meios de produ����o pelas pessoas que a utilizam, e gest��o democr��tica da empresa, caracterizando a autogest��o. A autogest��o �� uma forma de administra����o democr��tica e participativa, onde todos os trabalhadores devem ter acesso �� informa����o de tudo o que acontece na empresa para poder definir metas de produ����o, pol��ticas de investimentos e moderniza����o, pol��tica de pessoal entre outras. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar as rela����es de interdepend��ncia do capital psicol��gico, percep����es de suporte social e percep����es de suporte no contexto organizacional de empreendimentos econ��micos solid��rios. Os participantes desse estudo escolhidos aleatoriamente foram 106 cooperados, e o instrumento de coleta de dados foi um question��rio de autopreenchimento composto por quatro medidas validadas para o contexto brasileiro. As informa����es coletadas, todas representadas por indicadores num��ricos, formaram um banco de dados para tratamento no software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), vers��o 18.0. Foram realizadas an��lises descritivas, correla����es entre as vari��veis (r de Pearson) e regress��o linear. Tamb��m foram calculados os alfas de Cronbach para as escalas utilizadas. Os resultados obtidos apontam correla����es positivas e significativas entre percep����o de suporte social e as tr��s dimens��es de percep����es de suporte social no trabalho e confirmam o capital psicol��gico como moderador entre percep����es de suporte social e percep����es de suporte social no trabalho.

DESCRI����O E AN��LISE DOS ELEMENTOS ESTRUTURAIS DOS C��RCULOS RESTAURATIVOS E DOS FEN��MENOS DO CAMPO GRUPAL EM PROCESSOS ENVOLVENDO A JUSTI��A RESTAURATIVA NO AMBIENTE ESCOLAR

A popula����o e as comunidades escolares v��m pressionando e cobrando as autoridades dos Sistemas de Justi��a e da Educa����o por uma interven����o coerente e efetiva na resolu����o de conflitos que se estabelecem no ambiente escolar, uma vez que o atual modelo de Justi��a, o retributivo, n��o tem sanado a situa����o. A Justi��a restaurativa surge ent��o como uma nova maneira para enfrentar esse problema e uma de suas estrat��gias �� o c��rculo restaurativo, caracterizado como um grupo para restaura����o das rela����es e dos conflitos. Esta pesquisa visa: descrever e analisar os elementos estruturais dos c��rculos restaurativos e os fen��menos do campo grupal em processos restaurativos realizados no ambiente escolar para intervir em situa����es de conflito. A amostra foi composta de cinco pr��ticas restaurativas que envolveram pr��-c��rculo, c��rculo e o p��s-c��rculo mediados por um facilitador e dois co-facilitadores. O tratamento dos dados se deu a partir da an��lise dos elementos estruturais da justi��a restaurativa (cerim��nia de abertura e fechamento, bast��o de fala, e processo decis��rio consensual), considerando tais elementos iguais ao setting de base psicanal��tica, visto que neste caso especifico, tem como objetivo deixar claro aos participantes do grupo qual �� a proposta de funcionamento do mesmo; e de uma an��lise de conte��do organizada a partir de categorias pr��-definidas, segundo conceitos psicanal��ticos (resist��ncia, acting/atua����o e insight/elabora����o). Os resultados mostraram que foram estabelecidos elementos estruturais (setting) favor��vel ao encontro dos participantes e que predominaram no campo aspectos positivos, o que resultou no bom reestabelecimento do conv��vio em todos os casos analisados. Os elementos estruturais estabelecidos para a realiza����o do c��rculo restaurativo criaram um espaço seguro onde os participantes se ligaram de modo positivo, mesmo com a situa����o de conflito. Considera-se importante creditar a figura do facilitador (Psic��logo) parte da realiza����o da resolu����o do conflito. Conclui-se que a fun����o continente; o manejo e compreens��o das resist��ncias, actings e dos insights contribu��ram para que o campo grupal configurasse em coes��o ao inv��s da desintegra����o. Finalmente, cabe acrescentar que a experi��ncia demonstrou que as crian��as e adolescentes respondem muito bem quando s��o convidados a participar de um c��rculo restaurativo e ali aprendem a agir de acordo com os valores vivenciados como em um processo educativo.

Evolu����o espaço-temporal da ocupa����o urbana sobre ��reas naturais no munic��pio de Natal-RN

In this work the landscape morphodynamics was used to check the strength and importance of the changes carried out by man on the environment over time, in Natal-RN municipality. The occupation of partially preserved natural areas was analyzed, but environmentally fragile, such as riparian forests, vegetation on the banks of waterways, which play regulatory role of the water flow, and the dunes, which guarantee the rapid recharge of aquifers. The impacts of urban sprawl in Natal Southern and West zones Were identified and characterized, through a detailed mapping in the period between 1969 and 2013 the main Permanent Preservation Areas - PPA (banks of rivers and lagoons, and dunes remaining) and their temporal changes. For this were used aerial photographs and satellite imagery, altimetry data, and pre-existing information, which allowed the creation of a spatial database, and evolution of maps of impervious areas, evolution of the use and occupation and Digital Terrain Model (DTM) from contour lines with contour interval of 1 meter. Based on this study presents a diagnosis of the environmental situation and the state of conservation of natural areas, over the last 44 years, compared to human pressures. In general, it was found that the urban settlement has advanced about 60% of studied natural areas. This advance was growing by the year 2006, when there was a slowdown in the process, except for the Environmental Protection Zone (EPZ) 03, where the river Pitimb�� and your PPA, which experienced a more significant loss area. The urban occupation affected the natural drainage and contributed to the contamination of groundwater Natal, due to increased sealed area, the release of liquid and solid waste, as well as the removal of riparian vegetation. Changed irreversibly the natural landscape, and reduced the quality and quantity of water resources necessary for the population. Thus, it is necessary to stimulate the adoption of use and protection of PPA planning measures, to the preservation of the San Valley Region inserted into the EPZ 01, and integrate more remaining dunes, in good condition, this EPZ, due to the importance of those remaining on the environment and the maintenance of quality of life. It is suggested, also, protection of catchment areas, such as PPA ponds and Pitimb�� River. Finally, it is expected that this study can assist the managers in making decisions in urban and environmental planning of the municipality

Borboletas no semi��rido: sazonalidade e padr��es de diversidade de borboletas frug��voras em um ambiente extremo

The spatial and temporal distribution of the population reflects the adjustment of their biological characteristics to environmental conditions and biotic interactions as adaptive and phylogenetic precursors elements. The habitat���s heterogeneity and alternating seasons tend to cause patterns of activity of organisms and species diversity. However, these seasonal and spatial patterns in butterfly communities in dry environments are not yet clear. We studied a community of frugivorous butterflies in ESEC Serid��, in northeastern Brazil, aiming to characterize the guild in semiarid and check the relative contribution of climate and vegetation variables on its composition, diversity and phenofaunistic. The butterflies were sampled monthly during one year, and the distribution of species was associated with structural characteristics of three vegetation types (eg. richness and abundance of tree and shrub species, canopy cover, herbaceous cover, litter) and climatological data (temperature, rainfall and humidity). We captured 9580 individuals of 16 species of butterflies belonging to four subfamilies (Biblidinae, Charaxinae, Nymphalinae and Satyrinae). The richness, abundance and diversity varied in different scales, especially in time, being higher in the rainy season, while the ��-diversity and turnover was higher in the dry. The distribution of species mainly followed the changes in humidity, rainfall and vegetation phenology, with no defined boundaries between habitats. The flight period was shared within subfamilies, which should have distinct response to environmental stimuli, as well as respond to the phenology of host plants and have different reproductive strategies. There is even evidence of physiological and behavioral adaptations as seasonal reproduction and aestivation. So there was environmental control over the distribution and diversity of species, with the key role climate Association and vegetation structure in the community of differentiation in the seasons, and the availability and quality of resources on the variation of species abundance in small scales. These results may support the biomonitoring and conservation preserved areas, particularly in environments under human pressure and extreme environmental conditions such as semi-arid.

O papel do ambiente residencial na qualidade de vida de idosos: um estudo explorat��rio em Cabedelo, Para��ba

Currently, the growing aging population challenges the society and public health policies, for increased longevity need to be associated with quality of life. Adequate physical and social environment are key factors for the welfare of the elderly, particularly the housing environment - this thesis understood as the home (dwelling unit) and its surroundings (close proximity). In addition, Brazilian legislation in this sector indicates the importance of the elderly remain at home and in the family. In addition, Brazilian legislation in this sector indicates the importance of the elderly remain at home and in the family. Based on this framework mortar, the thesis was starting questions: How do you live the elderly population aged 80 and over which is served by the Health Family Strategy of the Unified Health System? That social and environmental conditions of the place of residence act more directly on their quality of life? How do these people get housing conditions experienced? The research aimed to investigate how the residential environment (social and physical) influence everyday activities and quality of life of the elderly. Exploratory qualitative study highlighting the home visits, developed based on multimethod strategy. The empirical study was conducted in the city of Cabedelo-PB, Nov/2013 to Feb/2014. Participants were 36 elderly people (31 women and 5 men) aged between 80 and 99 years, little education, who live 39 years in the area (average). In the research first stage were applied questionnaires for socio-demographics and livability of the residence and the surroundings. In the second stage we used semi-structured interview and a tour accompanied in the neighborhood (with those who have accepted to do so). Throughout work it was kept a diary by the researcher and held naturalistic observations of the behavior of the elderly. Quantitative data were described using descriptive statistics, and information from the interviews were analyzed through the Collective Subject Discourse technique. Among the key ideas that emerged from them are: the representation of home, neighborhood support and related issues dyad independence / autonomy. The study showed that the elderly develop strong attachment to the place where he lives, the importance of it for your health and the desire to stay there. Thus, despite experiencing many barriers (more physical than the social), at the place where they live, they say they are satisfied, even when unfavorable conditions are evident. Concluding that as the houses are environmentally more docile, simple changes ensure autonomy, independence and mobility for the elderly. In turn, the barriers of the urban environment show it more difficult to deal with, making this space inhospitable to most survey participants, a condition that hinders your physical activities and social participation, and negatively influence their quality of life.

As rela����es de intera����o e integra����o entre c��rebro, corpo-propriamente-dito e meio-ambiente na constitui����o da mente consciente

This dissertation will be marked by our proposal to hold a theoretical perspective to the classical mind-body problem, and more precisely for the defense of the idea that consciousness (or conscious mind) emerges from the interaction and integration relationships between body proper, brain and environment. This purpose will lead us to assume an alternative position with respect to the more traditional perspectives to the mind-body problem, ie an alternative perspective not only in relation to the dualistics forms of mind-body, but also in regards to the reductive physicalists, which usually reduces mind to brain. Aiming to support a position that both avoid the idea that mind and body are distinct substances and the theory that the brain explains the consciousness in its totality, we will dedicate an important part of this work to explain how the structure of consciousness depends significantly of the body proper and the bodily information mechanisms as well as the environment and the physiological mechanisms through which we place ourselves in space, in front of us and the other bodies (organic and inorganic). Given that the relationship between brain, body and environment involves different mental levels ��� from the most primitive and unconscious mental mechanisms until conscious and sophisticated levels ��� we will proceed to the task of assuming a model to explain in what sense these levels contribute to that our instincts and the most sophisticated dimensions of our mental life are part of the one and the same process, which is why we will structure our argument from the ideia that mind, self, and consciousness are the different hierarchical levels which make up the totality of our psychic life and therefore organic one. Imbued with this conceptual approach, we will advance to the focus of this work, namely the reasons that will lead us to give a prominent role to the body proper and the environment in the constitution of the conscious mind, or even the reasons that will lead us to defend the thesis according to which we are embodied and situated, as well as the reasons that will lead us to reject the theoretical positions that dichotomize man and world. In order to support the thesis that we are embodied and situated, and therefore with the purpose of overcoming the theoretical paradigms that dichotomize consciousness and world, we will turn out to the authors and the perspectives we believe to be more successful in this endeavor, including the phenomenological approaches to bodily self-consciousness, the enactivists perspectives and the researches dedicated to mapping the interaction and integration relationships between brain, body and environment. To achieve our goals, the dissertation will be divided into two chapters: the first chapter will emphasize in what way the structuring of consciousness depends on the body proper and the environment, while in the second chapter we will resort to the phenomenological dimensions of bodily self-consciousness, emphasizing the bodily information channels that provide us the immediate certainty, in a first person perspective, that the self is bodily in a non-metaphorical sense.

Grupo de Estudos Movimento e Ambiente : A ambientaliza����o curricular

O grupo de estudos movimento e ambiente - GEMA foi criado em abril de 2011. E constitu��do por acad��micos/as e docentes dos cursos de Licenciatura em Educa��ao F��sica e Ci��ncias da Natureza, al��m de integrantes dos cursos de Aquicultura, Enfermagem e Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa- UNIPAMPA - Uruguaiana/Brasil. Nosso objetivo tem sido mostrar o contexto local e global, favorecendo o processo de forma��ao e atua��ao profissional. Considerando o corpo como ambiente, constru��mos aproxima��oes entre o ritmo org��nico corporal e o ritmo do ambiente, possibilitando a percep��ao de que somos ambiente e cultura. A cidade se transformou em espaço e tempo de cria��ao. Produzimos conhecimentos que emergem no movimento, em pr��ticas corporais como caminhadas e pedaladas pelos bairros, pelas regioes centrais e arredores; no contato com pessoas de outras institui��oes; no processo de vivenciar diferentes universos socioambientais; nos modos de habitar; na valoriza��ao e problematiza��ao dos lugares em que vivemos, moramos, estudamos, trabalhamos; no encontro com culturas, dentro e fora dos espaços institucionais de ensino. Temos direcionado nossas a��oes ao ensino, �� pesquisa e �� extensao. Neste percurso, constru��mos outra organiza��ao e articula��ao entre saberes e conhecimentos ? a ambientaliza��ao do curr��culo

Grupo de Estudos Movimento e Ambiente : A ambientaliza����o curricular

O grupo de estudos movimento e ambiente - GEMA foi criado em abril de 2011. E constitu��do por acad��micos/as e docentes dos cursos de Licenciatura em Educa��ao F��sica e Ci��ncias da Natureza, al��m de integrantes dos cursos de Aquicultura, Enfermagem e Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa- UNIPAMPA - Uruguaiana/Brasil. Nosso objetivo tem sido mostrar o contexto local e global, favorecendo o processo de forma��ao e atua��ao profissional. Considerando o corpo como ambiente, constru��mos aproxima��oes entre o ritmo org��nico corporal e o ritmo do ambiente, possibilitando a percep��ao de que somos ambiente e cultura. A cidade se transformou em espaço e tempo de cria��ao. Produzimos conhecimentos que emergem no movimento, em pr��ticas corporais como caminhadas e pedaladas pelos bairros, pelas regioes centrais e arredores; no contato com pessoas de outras institui��oes; no processo de vivenciar diferentes universos socioambientais; nos modos de habitar; na valoriza��ao e problematiza��ao dos lugares em que vivemos, moramos, estudamos, trabalhamos; no encontro com culturas, dentro e fora dos espaços institucionais de ensino. Temos direcionado nossas a��oes ao ensino, �� pesquisa e �� extensao. Neste percurso, constru��mos outra organiza��ao e articula��ao entre saberes e conhecimentos ? a ambientaliza��ao do curr��culo

Grupo de Estudos Movimento e Ambiente : A ambientaliza����o curricular

O grupo de estudos movimento e ambiente - GEMA foi criado em abril de 2011. E constitu��do por acad��micos/as e docentes dos cursos de Licenciatura em Educa��ao F��sica e Ci��ncias da Natureza, al��m de integrantes dos cursos de Aquicultura, Enfermagem e Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa- UNIPAMPA - Uruguaiana/Brasil. Nosso objetivo tem sido mostrar o contexto local e global, favorecendo o processo de forma��ao e atua��ao profissional. Considerando o corpo como ambiente, constru��mos aproxima��oes entre o ritmo org��nico corporal e o ritmo do ambiente, possibilitando a percep��ao de que somos ambiente e cultura. A cidade se transformou em espaço e tempo de cria��ao. Produzimos conhecimentos que emergem no movimento, em pr��ticas corporais como caminhadas e pedaladas pelos bairros, pelas regioes centrais e arredores; no contato com pessoas de outras institui��oes; no processo de vivenciar diferentes universos socioambientais; nos modos de habitar; na valoriza��ao e problematiza��ao dos lugares em que vivemos, moramos, estudamos, trabalhamos; no encontro com culturas, dentro e fora dos espaços institucionais de ensino. Temos direcionado nossas a��oes ao ensino, �� pesquisa e �� extensao. Neste percurso, constru��mos outra organiza��ao e articula��ao entre saberes e conhecimentos ? a ambientaliza��ao do curr��culo

O ambiente de pesquisas virtuais na biblioteca acad��mica: da implanta����o �� consolida����o, um longo percurso.

O ambiente da pesquisa acad��mica nas bibliotecas universit��rias se apresenta em constante evolu����o. Nesta perspectiva, as constru����es de novos espaços se fazem necess��rios na promo����o e acesso �� informa����o, via v��rios tipos de suportes. Atualmente, antigos paradigmas s��o sobrepostos com uma velocidade luz. Neste artigo, apresenta-se a implanta����o, manuten����o e consolida����o do Setor de Pesquisas Virtuais em uma biblioteca universit��ria, com vistas �� democratiza����o do acesso �� informa����o eletr��nica, como tamb��m �� cria����o de uma rede de comunica����o r��pida, eficaz, tendo como foco central as novas Tecnologias da Informa����o e Comunica����o (TICs). Assim, enfoca-se a constru����o do espaço f��sico do Setor de Pesquisas Virtuais, atrav��s da cria����o de normas, produtos, servi��os e divulga����o desse novo recurso. A consolida����o deste espaço encontra-se em pleno desenvolvimento, via aquisi����o de produtos espec��ficos, consorciamentos junto ��s redes especializadas, gera����o de novos produtos e, principalmente, a presen��a direta de um profissional bibliotec��rio intervindo e mediando o processo da busca e do acesso ��s informa����es com seguran��a e confiabilidade das fontes. Consequentemente, essas a����es est��o trazendo benef��cios �� comunidade atendida.

Caracteriza����o da economia solid��ria �� luz do ambiente ison��mico de Guerreiro Ramos: um estudo no Grupo Mulheres Decididas a Vencer

The Solidary Economy is an area that has shown unusual traits to what is preached in the traditional economic organizations, even organizations that have very similar principles, as some cooperatives. This trait is approaching the concept of isonomy proposed by Ramos (1989). Given this context, and the notion that the isonomy is like a ideal type, the objective this work was to evidence particulars of isonomic environment the in economic and solidarity experiences, taking as an empirical research area the Grupo de Mulheres Decididas a Vencer, considered a solidary economic enterprise. For this, we used the descriptive-exploratory research of qualitative nature, where the object of such research is the know enterprise, therefore, also characterized as a case study, which were taken as research subjects six associates, they being the most active in the enterprise. From the five categories that characterize isonomy - minimum standards prescribing, self-gratifying activity, activities undertaken as a vocation, wide system of making decision and primaries interpersonal relations - and from the traits of a solidary economic enterprise the data analysis was built, through content analysis, specifically the categorial analysis. Given this context and reality in which it is Grupo de Mulheres Decididas a Vencer, with minimal rules and procedures for conducting activities, comparing them to a therapy, women choosing to insert in that environment, faced with a democratic space and unfettered bureaucracy in professional interpersonal relationships, in others words, an organizational space where they were shown signs of substantive rationality was possible to conclude that the Group will share experiences and characteristics of isonomy. This disclosure meets the multidimensional social that presupposes Paraecomomic Paradigm, enabling man to enter in different social environments of the economy in order to search for self-actualization

Navega����o de rob�� m��vel em ambiente com humanos

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para obten����o do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mec��nica

Espaços especiais em Natal (moradia e meio ambiente): um necess��rio di��logo entre direitos e espaços na perspectiva de prote����o aos direitos fundamentais na cidade contempor��nea

Some protected special spaces on behalf of fundamental rights to the environment and the housing at the city of Natal are fragile by facing actions and attempts to suppress and changing (or omission in the implementation) of standards in furtherance of those rights at the local level, which seems to reflect a situation that goes beyond the context of the city. Based on integrated approach of the housing rights and the environment and its protection of special spaces on the field of fundamental rights, the thesis seeks to understand the weaknesses that affect the legal state duty under the realization/implementation of fundamental rights to the environment and housing in cities, focusing on the issues of flexibility of the founding legislation of special spaces to the detriment of the attributes they protected and the lack of implementation of the legal system that allows their effectiveness. So, it looks initially to understand the environment and housing rights and their special protected areas in the brazilian legal system, looking forward the evolution of its legal protection, as well as the weaknesses that emerge in the field of their effectiveness. Analyzing the trajectory of the environment and housing rights and their special protected areas in Natal, considering its standards, attributes, protection indicators, weaknesses and negative evidence within its legal protections and their enforcement by state entity, this thesis proposes to verify the existence of forms to confronting the weaknesses founded in the maintenance of legal protection and its implementation. At this point it discusses the legal basis and safeguard instruments of protection, especially within the juridical field, as part of a (re)discussion about issues of legislative and administrative discretion in the face of objective legal state duty to realization/implementation of fundamental rights in the urban space. With all these issues together the thesis does not ignore the scenario where the dividing line between public and private (economic) are becoming ever more tenuous in the field of state action and where the city stands as a special commodity to the reproduction of real estate, according to the interests of capitalist logic