Água-mãe na produção romanesca de José Lins do Rego

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

A produção do espaço em cidades pequenas: o caso de Emilianópolis

In this paper we analyze some factors of urban life in small towns, among which we can highlight the political, economic and social, more specifically in the city of Emilianópolis, and its great dependence on other cities. The number of small towns has grown in recent years and this study shows is of great importance for understanding the differences that exist between them and the larger cities. Where Emilianópolis, having its location next to a city average (Presidente Prudente), we realize that its existence depends largely on the proximity of that with a bigger city. The study looked at the origin of the city, its spatial structure, its insertion into the urban network and the degree of dependence with other cities, notably Presidente Prudente, which generates a steady stream of people moving from Emilianópolis to study, work, leisure, between others, besides the permanent migration, which often makes life easier for those residents. With this study, we intend to demonstrate how Emilianópolis is inserted into the urban network, how is its interaction with other cities and how they live their inhabitants

Desenvolvimento regional e sustentabilidade: a indústria intensiva em recursos naturais na região administrativa de Ribeirão Preto

The natural resource intensive industries have moved from center to periphery in Brazil. This shift is related to the environmental impacts generated by this type of industry, as occur biggest benefits to these industries in small towns as tax exemptions and donations of land, and local institutional capacity is lower in pollution control. In the 1970s began, in the state of São Paulo, a process of industrial deconcentration of Metropolitan Region of São Paulo to the inside of state, which generated an intense industrialization of the region of Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, Sorocaba e São José dos Campos. This process of industrial deconcentration had support in state policies restricting new industries in the Metropolitan Region and the creation and financing of infrastructure and improvement of road. This research project aims to verify whether there has been a shift of natural resource intensive industries for the Administrative Region of Ribeirão Preto, as well as aspects of the sustainability of this process

As cidades pequenas na região metropolitana de Campinas-SP: dinâmica demográfica, papéis urbanos e (re) produção do espaço

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Redes de apoio às famílias de dependentes de álcool e outras drogas: uma interface com as políticas públicas intersetoriais

Pós-graduação em Serviço Social - FCHS

Abordagem do patrimônio histórico de bens culturais arquitetônicos nos planos diretores de pequenos municípios

This article discusses the preservation of cultural heritage, particularly the historical and architectural, in small municipalities in São Paulo State, in particular the Central Administrative Region. It pointed out that urban planning and master plans may represent an opportunity for such municipalities definitely incorporate preservation, locally. It also presents a small survey of considerations of national heritage at the municipal level and by CONDEPHAAT and IPHAN.

As dinâmicas espaciais do comércio e do consumo em pequenas cidades: Ipeúna (SP)

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

Assessing the Free Land Programs for Reversing Rural Depopulation

A number of small towns in the Great Plains have recently started to offer free land and other incentives to entice new residents in the hope of reversing persistent depopulation. Based on in-depth interviews, this study assesses the initial performance of the free land programs in six small towns in central Kansas and analyzes the factors that have affected the migration decisions of the new residents. The initial results of these programs have been impressive. Not only have they attracted multiple new residents and increased enrollments in local schools, but they have also elevated long-time residents' pride in their community and created a positive synergy. The new residents' migration decisions were influenced by a number of push and pull factors. The free land and other incentives are not enough to trigger migration, but they have effectively changed some migrants' destination choice to a small town in central Kansas. Without the free land, most new residents, particularly those from out of state, would not have moved there. Contrary to our expectations, the relative locations of small towns with respect to larger cities do not appear to have affected new residents' destination choice.

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL EVALUATION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATED IN ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTER REGARDING ITS EFFICIENCE AND APPLICATION AS FERTILIZER

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL EVALUATION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATED IN ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTER REGARDING ITS EFFICIENCE AND APPLICATION AS FERTILIZER. The use of biodigester for basic and environmental sanitation has large demand in Brazil. A biodigester was built to treat conjunctly the human and pig feces and urine, regarding to its future application in rural small towns. The results show that the biodigester can reduce 90% of COD and BOD and, up to 99.99% of thermotolerant coliforms. The treated effluent has variable quantities of macro- and micro-nutrients; and organic matter. However, the concentration variability of the nutrients makes difficult a dosed application into soil. The soluble salts (mainly as Na+ form) make necessary a controlled use to avoid environmental degradation.

Inovação educacional em pequeno município: o caso Fundação Casa Grande (Nova Olinda, CE, Brasil)

Este artigo apresenta os resultados de um estudo de caso de inovação educacional na atuação da Organização Não Governamental Fundação Casa Grande - Memorial do Homem Kariri junto a crianças e jovens do município de Nova Olinda, CE, Brasil. O principal problema da pesquisa que este artigo visa apresentar é: que fatores se conjugam na geração de ações de inovação educacional? A hipótese examinada pela pesquisa foi a de que fatores salientes que se conjugam na geração de ações de inovação são o tempo de experiência profissional de educadores(as), a estabilidade de sua equipe, o nível de qualificação e a atuação mobilizadora de líderes da Organização. São descritos os objetivos e características da atuação da Organização e são apontadas as características de líderes, agentes e equipes. Conclui que a hipótese levantada foi confirmada.

Managing Debris Flow Risks

Debris flows represent a widespread threat to villages and small towns in the Swiss Alps. For many centuries people “managed” such risks by trying to avoid hazardous areas. However, major debris flow and flood events in the last 25 years have revealed that the degree of freedom to engage in this type of risk management has substantially decreased. This became especially evident during the 1999 disasters in a number of places in Switzerland. The winter of that year was unusually wet. In February heavy snowfall triggered destructive avalanches. In May high temperatures caused heavy snowmelt, with excessive rainfall contributing more water to the already saturated soils. Landslides, debris flows and floods were triggered in many locations, including Sörenberg. Hazard prevention and disaster management have a long tradition in Switzerland, although an integrated approach to risk management is rather new. Only in recent years have methods and tools been developed to assess hazards, define protection goals, and implement disaster reduction measures. The case of Sörenberg serves as an example of how today's approaches to disaster reduction are implemented at the local level.

Empleo agrario y ruralidad ampliada

La creciente interrelación rural-urbana es un aspecto resaltado por distintos trabajos producidos recientemente en Argentina y en otros contextos sociales. Este artículo parte de consideraciones teóricas acerca de la ruralidad y analiza la evolución experimentada por la estructura del empleo según sectores y categorías ocupacionales a partir de reprocesamientos censales especiales. Toma un concepto amplio de ruralidad (áreas de población dispersa y localidades inferiores a los 10.000 habitantes), teniendo en cuenta el fuerte imbricamiento existente en los pequeños núcleos urbanos con su entorno rural circundante. El análisis realizado permite discutir la perspectiva de la urbanización de la población ocupada en actividades agropecuarias. Asimismo, muestra la fuerte heterogeneidad interprovincial en materia de inserción ocupacional, aspecto que se vincula con el diferente peso que históricamente han adquirido la pequeña producción y/o los cultivos demandantes de grandes contingentes de mano de obra estacional en las áreas consideradas

Agriculturización, inequidad distributiva y fractura del tejido social

Los cambios operados en la actividad agrícola en nuestro país a lo largo de las últimas dos décadas, identificados genéricamente bajo la denominación de agriculturización, han generado múltiples impactos, muchos de ellos de carácter contradictorio. Así, el crecimiento de la actividad económica, el incremento en los saldos exportables y en los recursos fiscales conviven, entre otras manifestaciones, con la agudización de las tensiones derivadas de la concentración económica, con nuevos impactos e incertidumbres de carácter ambiental, con desequilibrios territoriales crecientes, con la ampliación de la brecha laboral y con el incremento en la inequidad distributiva. Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un análisis exploratorio orientado a pequeñas localidades de la región pampeana, en el cual se visualiza el surgimiento de fuertes signos de fractura del tejido social, derivados del crecimiento de la inequidad distributiva de la riqueza en el interior del espacio rural. Dos tendencias fundamentales constituyen los emergentes de este proceso: 1°) los cambios en los estilos de vida de los sectores relacionados con la actividad agrícola, visibles fundamentalmente en modificaciones en las pautas de consumo (sobre todo entre los jóvenes); y 2°) la heterogeneización de las percepciones de los pobladores sobre la valorización del trabajo en la comunidad. La reconstrucción de estos procesos, escasamente abordados en la literatura académica, se realizó a través de estrategias metodológicas que combinan métodos cuanti y cualitativos, tomando como caso de estudio una pequeña localidad en la Provincia de Santa Fe

Empleo agrario y ruralidad ampliada

La creciente interrelación rural-urbana es un aspecto resaltado por distintos trabajos producidos recientemente en Argentina y en otros contextos sociales. Este artículo parte de consideraciones teóricas acerca de la ruralidad y analiza la evolución experimentada por la estructura del empleo según sectores y categorías ocupacionales a partir de reprocesamientos censales especiales. Toma un concepto amplio de ruralidad (áreas de población dispersa y localidades inferiores a los 10.000 habitantes), teniendo en cuenta el fuerte imbricamiento existente en los pequeños núcleos urbanos con su entorno rural circundante. El análisis realizado permite discutir la perspectiva de la urbanización de la población ocupada en actividades agropecuarias. Asimismo, muestra la fuerte heterogeneidad interprovincial en materia de inserción ocupacional, aspecto que se vincula con el diferente peso que históricamente han adquirido la pequeña producción y/o los cultivos demandantes de grandes contingentes de mano de obra estacional en las áreas consideradas

Agriculturización, inequidad distributiva y fractura del tejido social

Los cambios operados en la actividad agrícola en nuestro país a lo largo de las últimas dos décadas, identificados genéricamente bajo la denominación de agriculturización, han generado múltiples impactos, muchos de ellos de carácter contradictorio. Así, el crecimiento de la actividad económica, el incremento en los saldos exportables y en los recursos fiscales conviven, entre otras manifestaciones, con la agudización de las tensiones derivadas de la concentración económica, con nuevos impactos e incertidumbres de carácter ambiental, con desequilibrios territoriales crecientes, con la ampliación de la brecha laboral y con el incremento en la inequidad distributiva. Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un análisis exploratorio orientado a pequeñas localidades de la región pampeana, en el cual se visualiza el surgimiento de fuertes signos de fractura del tejido social, derivados del crecimiento de la inequidad distributiva de la riqueza en el interior del espacio rural. Dos tendencias fundamentales constituyen los emergentes de este proceso: 1°) los cambios en los estilos de vida de los sectores relacionados con la actividad agrícola, visibles fundamentalmente en modificaciones en las pautas de consumo (sobre todo entre los jóvenes); y 2°) la heterogeneización de las percepciones de los pobladores sobre la valorización del trabajo en la comunidad. La reconstrucción de estos procesos, escasamente abordados en la literatura académica, se realizó a través de estrategias metodológicas que combinan métodos cuanti y cualitativos, tomando como caso de estudio una pequeña localidad en la Provincia de Santa Fe