O terciário (re) desenhando a periferia: a região administrativa norte de Natal/RN, na última década do século XX, servicializada na Av. Dr. João Medeiros Filho

The tertiary sector has been (re)defining and (re)qualifying, in an impacting way, the urban spaces in the cities, introducing new elements for the discussion of the relationship center/periphery. In Natal, as an inducing economic activity of its development, it conforms to the new needs of the capital, expanding, being materialized through several processes and spatial forms. We aim at analyzing one of those processes, which has taken its Northern Administrative Area to (re)define the design of its urban space, through the actions developed by the agents involved with the spatialization of the tertiary activities, at the same time as it redimensions its role as a periphery of Natal, contributing to the study of the recent and growing transformations of the Brazilian capitals. The studied district corresponds to 39.4% of the municipal area and, until recently, was composed by precarious reproduction spaces, unprovided of relevant economical activities. After the boom of the development of extensive housing complexes by SFH/BNH, the area, gradually stopped being a dependent area, and it imposed itself as an economically participant region, with the increase of the trade and services sectors, as well as a favorable place for the appearance of new activities. Its reflexes are noticeable in the achieved spatial configuration. As the main road to induct changes, Dr. João Medeiros Filho Avenue presents these new tendencies in the production of the intraurban space, concentrating the largest goods and services equipments of the area, through investments of the private and public sectors, which guarantee the capital allocation for the construction of a new centrality

Yes, nós temos arquitetura moderna! Reconstituição e análise da arquitetura residencial moderna em Natal das décadas de 50 e 60

Brazilian architecture was recognized because of the consecration of the icons of the Carioca and Paulista schools which are represented nationally and internationally by names like Niemeyer, Lucio Costa and Vilanova Artigas, among others. Because of this, classic studies dedicated to the Brazilian case look to present the Southeastern region with the title of father of modern Brazil, at the cost of subjugating various other modern movements and peripheral sayings, whether their values are known or forgotten. On the other hand, there has been an effort, in the sense of registering and analyzing these regional productions of modern Brazilian architecture, an assignment that DOCOMOMO Brasil participates firmly through initiatives like the creation of a Library to aid in the documentation and registration of modernity in Brazil. Inside this context of insertions of the National-Modern scheme, this work has as its objective to present modern potiguar (northern Brazil) architecture through its contemporary residential examples, investigating specifically its constructive, formal aspects, that together that together demonstrate one more architectural emphasis of modern Brazilian architecture: the potiguar. This way, by contributing to the work of the register and the documentation of the Modern Movement and attributing to the modern architecture of Natal it s real worth, we can say: Yes, we have modern architecture

Contra as Secas: a engenharia e as origens de um planejamento regional no nordeste brasileiro

Droughts surfaced in 1877 as a crucial problem for the birthing Brazilian nation. Engineers, who formed the country's technical and scientific elite, took it upon themselves to study, understand and fight the problem through planned actions of intervention on space. This work, based on proposals and discussions contained in engineering magazines and reports, aims to provide elements for the comprehension of how these systematized actions against droughts, in the Iate nineteenth and early twentieth century, contributed to spatial analysis and the formation of a (then-inexistent) regional and territorial planning discipline in Brazi!. Engineers, by taking up the position of masterminds in the country's modernization, guaranteed for themselves personal economic stability, social prestige and political power. By understanding nature, either as a resource to be exploited or an adversary to national progress, they contributed to the delimitation of the region now known as the Northeast. By seeking to understand the drought phenomenon, they created knowledge about the space they sought to intervene on; by constructing their projects amid political and economical difficulty, they changed the organizational structures of cities and country in the northeast. The proposals for açudes (Iarge water reservoirs) allowed the fixation of population and the resistance against droughts; the roads - railroads and automotive roadways - connected the sertão to the capitais and the coast, speeding up help to the affected populations during droughts and allowing the circulation of goods so as to strengthen the local economies in normal rimes. The adopted practices and techniques, adapted from foreign experience and developed through trial and improvement, were consolidated as an eminently spatial intervention course, even if a theoretical body of regional or territorial planning wasn't formed in Brazil. Regional Planning proper was first applied in the country in the Northeast itself, in the 1950s, based off an economical view of reality in order to achieve development. The engineer's work prior tothat date, however, cannot be dlsconsldered. It was proved that, despite facing financial and political hurdles, engineers had a profound commitment to the problem and intended to act systematically to transform the economical and social relations in the region, in order to be victorious in their struggle against droughts

Centros históricos e desenvolvimento urbano: um estudo comparativo entre os programas Monumenta no Brasil e Polis em Portugal

Both the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century have been characterized as a period of major political, economic, social and cultural transformations. Two of the major consequences of the political-economical crisis of the end of last century are the restructuring of capitalist production, and the consolidation of neoliberalism as a worldwide phenomenon. This new world political-economical scenario has influenced, in a dialectic way, the contemporary urban development. In that sense, "new" spatial processes and new paradigms in both urban management and urban planning have gained shape. In this context of urban transformations, the central areas of western cities, also known as historic centers, are being increasingly (re)valued. Since the Second World War, the historic centers urban areas which have great infrastructure and symbolic relevance had been undergoing a process of evasion of population and activities, undeniably linked to the neglect of government authorities. However, in recent decades, the question of historic centers rehabilitation has acquired a growing interest, academically and in political agendas. The object of this dissertation is to focus on how the government of each Brazil and Portugal has dealt with the issue of historic center rehabilitation through programs of urban rehabilitation

Caracterização das tecnologias e inovação na cadeia produtiva do frango de corte no Brasil.

No início, a avicultura no Brasil era basicamente para subsistência. Durante o período de 1960 a 1980 iniciou-se a integração avícola entre os criadores de frango e agroindústrias. Na década de 1980 passou-se a produzir mais e vender os excedentes, e nesse período a atividade se expandiu para o Sudeste e Sul do país. Por seguinte, começou-se a exportar o frango inteiro e em cortes. Ao longo dos anos, o setor avícola tem se desenvolvido e isso se deve ao desenvolvi- mento tecnológico, passando a incorporar melhoramentos genéticos e nutricionais, novos pro- cessos, novas tecnologias voltadas à produção, instalações e equipamentos, sanidade animal, novos métodos organizacionais e divulgação, sempre buscando atender a demanda, seja interna ou externa. O principal objetivo dessa pesquisa é descrever as tecnologias existentes na cadeia produtiva do frango de corte no Brasil. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória, descritiva, bibliográfica, documental com fonte de dados primários e secundários. A coleta dos dados foi por meio de revisão bibliográfica, documental em livros e artigos científicos e a realização de entrevistas com os gestores das empresas líderes no setor. Como resultados foi possível observar nas três empresas que as inovações são incrementais, sendo que a perspectiva no setor é que continue dessa forma, não havendo mudanças radicais.

A Relação professor-aluno e a afirmação do discente como sujeito do processo projetual: um estudo exploratório sobre a produção do trabalho final de graduação em arquitetura e urbanismo na UFC e na UFRN

This work deals with teacher-student relationship (TSR), held in a very special moment: the semester of graduation of architecture and urbanism, where students prepare the final work called Graduation Final Work (GFW). That is the last stage to obtain the title of architect and urban planner in Brazil. The text discusses this problem in several ways, emphasing the relationship between graduated student and his/her mentors into the consolidation process of the student as an actor of the planning process, here defined as "autonomy". The work is focused on understanding the TSR in order to elucidate its importance for improvement of teaching bases on development of the GFW, more than the relation between curriculum and institution. Related with the exploratory characteristic of this master thesis, methodologically, the field work happened through: (i) observation of mentorship guidance, (ii) interviews, and (iii) application of questionnaires to teachers and students. Participated 10 pairs of student and mentors of two federal university of Northeast: 05 pairs of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and 05 pairs of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). The results presented the development of the GFW as a difficult process / fearful for students, highlighting the main problem situations: the difficulty in choosing the theme, the super-sizing of the process, students' insecurities, and parental relationship with the supervisor process. Summing up, the work indicates that the students has a limited autonomy on the GFW process, which calls for a revision in order to promote the consolidation of the student autonomy, which must be observed for some positions recognition of the role of each actor in the process of orientation

Cooperativa habitacional autofinanciável :uma alternativa de mercado à escassez de financiamento

As an example of what happened in Brazil in the 90s, it s noticed in Natal a new system of cooperative housing production which is done by advancing the users resources selffinancing. This system comes as an alternative for the real state market performance since the end of the National Housing Bank (BNH), in 1986. Self-financed housing cooperatives play an important social role by contributing to own housing acquisition by low-income population, without, however, becoming a mechanism of social interest housing production. It is important to consider that Brazil registers a housing deficit of 6.6 million housing units (IBGE 2000/Census), which, compared to 1991, shows an increment of 21.7% to a growth rate of 2.2% a year. This deficit figure has been deepening, mainly with the end of the National Housing Bank (BNH). The self-financed cooperative housing production broadens around the Metropolitan Region of Natal (RMN) and remains as an alternative to the lack of financing in the housing / real state market. In general, the aim of this work is to analyze the role of self-financing housing cooperatives on the housing production in the RMN, in order to identify their role in the real state market, in the own housing promotion and in the housing policy. The Universe of this study is performance of four housing cooperatives - CHAF-RN, COOPHAB-RN, MULTHCOOP e CNH - that work through self-financing. It is considered here an amount of 38 undertakings launched between 1993 and 2002, including 8143 housing units. The methodology adopted consists of bibliographic, documental and field research. As a result, actions like brokerage, marketing, speculation, and the criteria to define places for undertakings and final products, show how close they are to the housing market production. As a matter of fact, this short distance explains why the self-financed cooperative production for social interest housing is still limited. This reinforces the theory that it is necessary to define and implement a subsidized housing policy to serve the low-income Brazilian population

Henrique Novaes: técnica, território e cidade em uma trajetória profissional: Brasil, primeira metade do século XX

The career of civil engineer Henrique de Novaes, a remarkable figure in the academic, technical and political fields, demonstrates its extensive and relevant work across Brazil in the first half of the twentieth century. It covered from the design of water supply and sewage works, road and rail transport networks, works against drought in the Northeast, hydroelectric and harbor facilities to the urbanization planning and architectural projects, which displays a systematic and multiple production. City and territory conformed to his fields of verification, practical and above all, transformation. The search for understanding of the inclusion of a social actor in this process thus contributes to the specific analysis of the doings of Henrique de Novaes, who graduated at Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro in 1906. From a polymorphic activity in different scales, one tries to figure how, through academic education or professional practice, urban history in Brazil can be told or built. The introduction of technological innovations matched the purposes of planning and urban sprawl, as well as met the specifications of regulation and institutionalization of public infrastructure services at the time. The overall plans proposed by the engineer thought of the city as a whole, interconnected to the structural networks. At the same time, the knowledge of a larger physical scale the territory bounces back in the urban in a relationship of reciprocity and completeness. The objective research, therefore, tries to understand the roles played by Henrique de Novaes s works and academic education in the accomplishment of systematic modernization of Brazilian urban space and territory, recovering a little known historical figure by current historiography. It is proposed, as methodological axis, that the study of this professional career configures itself as an essential element for understanding the idea of progress embodied in the technical studies and proposals for improvements and sanitation nationwide in the first half of the twentieth century . The primary sources for the construction of this analysis were technical articles in journals of the period ( Clube de Engenharia , Viação e Revista Brasileira de Engenharia ), and technical reports, government messages, newspaper articles published at the time, autobiographical reports and the engineer s verbal communications with relatives. The work is structured in three chapters: "Biographical traces, academic education and 'technical and political' activities" illustrates the initiation into the technical, public and political environment; Chapter 2, "Technique and territory" outlines his network understanding through sanitation and transport services; Chapter 3 "Technique and City" describes the influence of polytechnics knowledge on the propositions of modernization of cities; Finally, "Final Thoughts: An Evaluation," presents an overview of the affiliations and practice of an engineer in the different scales, and its contribution to the modernization of Brazilian urban and territorial space

O descompasso de uma experiência: avaliação do Programa Habitar Brasil na Comunidade África-Natal/RN

This research deals with the evaluation of the Programa do Governo Federal para Urbanização de Favelas Habitar Brasil(1993) carried out in the Africa slum - Redinha neighbourhood in Natal-Rn. This study carried out in period from 2005 to 2006 searches to identify the effects of the actions proposed by Program in 1993-1994 about the current urbanistic configuration of the Africa community. It analyzes the effectiveness in the process of achievement of the considered objectives to habitation, communitity equipments, infrastructure and agrarian regularization. On the evaluation process, it has been as reference the works developed by Adauto Cardoso (2004), Blaine Worthen (2004), Ronaldo Garcia (2001) and Rosângela Paz (2006). About the Habitational Policy with approach to the Urbanistic Right and the right to the housing, the reflections by Raquel Rolnik, Nabil Bonduki, Ermínia Maricato, Saule Júnior, Betânia de Moraes Alfonsin and Edésio Fernandes are main references. To gauge the execution of the objectives proposed by Habitar Brasil in 1993, it has searched in the documentary data of the time and in information gotten in interviews with technicians that had participated of the program, consistent references on what was considered, what was executed and the process of the intervention of Habitar Brasil in the Africa community. The area analysis in 2005-2006 has developed on the base of the urbanistic survey of the current situation from the four performance lines of the Program: habitation, infrastructure, community equipments and agrarian regularization, with a current urbanistic evaluation of Africa considering the intervention carried out in 1993 and 1994. The study points out the context of Brazilian Habitational Policy where the Programa Habitar Brasil was launched, explaining the main principles of the Program. In terms of local, it empahsizes the administrative-political factors that had contributed so that Natal-Rn city has been pioneering in the resources captation of Habitar Brazil (1993). Considering Habitar Brazil in Africa, the work argues and presents the intervention diagnosis and the proposal, developed by Program in 1993 evidencing the local problem of the time. After that, it makes a current reading of the area, identifying in 2006 representative elements of Habitar Brasil (1993-1994) for the Africa community. It identifies significant advances in the constitution of the institucional apparatus of the plaining system of Habitation of Social Interest for the city of Natal and points the fragilities in the implementation of the urban infrastructure actions and above all in the achievement of the objectives of the agrarian regularization

Abundância e distribuição sazonal de espécies autóctones de camarões peneídeos no canal de abastecimento do sistema primar de aquicultura orgânica (Laguna de Guaraíras, Tibau do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil)

Guaraíras lagoon, located in Tibau do Sul in the eastern littoral of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), presents a permanent connection to the sea, which guarantees the occurrence of a rich biodiversity, which includes the autochthonous shrimp species Litopenaeus schmitti, Farfantepenaeus subtilis and Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis. In spite of being subject to a strong human intervention in the last decade, mainly related to the installation of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farms, the lagoon is still scarcely studied. The present study aims at characterizing the populations of the three autochthonous penaeid shrimp species inhabiting Guaraíras, taking into consideration their abundance and seasonal distribution in the inflow channel of Primar System of Organic Aquaculture (Tibau do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). Twelve monthly samples were carried out from May 2005 to April 2006 with the aid of a circular cast net in the inflow channel, which is daily supplied with water from Guaraíras. Sampling months were grouped in trimesters according to the total pluviosity, thus comprising four trimesters. Water salinity was monitored twice a week and temperature values registered on a daily basis at noon, during the study period. The daily pluviosity data from the municipality of Tibau do Sul were supplied by Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Rio Grande do Norte (EMPARN). Collected shrimp were identified, weighted, measured and sexed. L. schmitti specimens (0.2 g to 17.8 g) were distributed in 1.3 g weight classes intervals. From the eighth sampling month (December 2005) onwards, males were classified into three categories, in accordance with the development of their petasm: (a) rudimentary petasm, (b) partially formed petasm, and (c) completely formed petasm. Among the ecological variables, rainfall showed the greatest dispersion (s.d.=187.74Rainfall and abundance of L. schmitti were negatively correlated (r = -0.85) whereas its abundance and water salinity were positively correlated (r = 0.63). Among 1,144 collected individuals, 1,127 were L. schmitti, 13 were F. subtilis and 4 were F. brasiliensis, which corresponded to 98.51%, 1.14% and 0.35% of the total of collected individuals. L. schmitti occurred in 100 % of all samples. Differently, the presence of F. subtilis and F. brasiliensis was restricted to 33% and 17% of the collected samples, respectively. The present study confirmed the occurrence of L. schmitti, F. brasiliensis and F. subtilis in Guaraíras. However, this lagoon seems to be primarily inhabited by juvenile Litopenaeus schmitti. The population of L. schmitti analysed showed a seasonal pattern of distribution. In general, in the months of high salinity and absence of rain, the number of individuals was higher than in the wet months. Further studies on the reproductive biology and ecology of L. schmitti, F. brasiliensis and F. subtilis may elucidate questions referring to the abundance, period, and phase of occurrence of these shrimp genera in Guaraíras. Finally, the risks associated to the establishment of L. vannamei in the lagoon provide a novel outlet for studies in this biotope

Teste para existência de dominância fiscal no Brasil entre 2011 e 2015

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Departamento de Economia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia, 2016.

A eliminação dos muxarabis, rótulas e geolosias do Brasil : um caso de dominação econômica

O objetivo dessa dissertação de mestrado é apontar para uma possível razão que explicaria a eliminação de alguns dos prováveis contributos mouriscas à Arquitetura Brasileira - os Muxarabis, Rótulas e Gelosias - durante o Brasil Joanino e Independente ao longo do XIX. O motivo apontado seria a dominação que as nações industrializadas, nomeadamente Inglaterra, exercia sobre Portugal (a antiga metrópole) e Brasil Tais contributos mouriscas foram eliminados das cidades brasileiras através editais que obrigavam a sua retirada e foram substituídos pelo seu equivalente industrializado: as vidraças e estruturas de ferro fundido importados. ABSTRACT: The objective of this master dissertation is to indicate a possible reason that would explain the elimination of some probable Moorish contributes to Brazilian Architecture - Mashrabiyya and Lattice Work - during the Joanine and Independent Brazil through the XIX century. The indicated reason would be the domination which industrialized nations, mainly England, took over Portugal (former colonizer) and Brazil. Such contributes were eliminated from Brazilian cities by official documents forcing their removal and were replaced by their industrialized equivalent: glass window and cast iron imported.

Caracterização de progênies de mamona (Ricinus communis L.) para arquitetura de planta em condições de safrinha no Estado de São Paulo.

A arquitetura da mamoneira é bastante variável, constituída por caracteres que apresentam, geralmente, herança independente que se encontram distribuídos pelo germoplasma da espécie. Variações nos padrões de arquitetura das plantas de mamona possibilitam novas distribuições espaciais na implantação da cultura, viabilizando diferentes métodos de cultivo e novas épocas de semeadura para a espécie. Foi instalado um ensaio de avaliação com 73 progênies do Programa de Melhoramento de Mamona do Instituto Agronômico - IAC e sete materiais comerciais como testemunhas intercalares. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualisados com três repetições e as parcelas foram semeadas em fevereiro de 2007, em Campinas, SP. Foram avaliados os caracteres: altura da planta, altura do racemo primário, altura do racemo secundário, diâmetro do caule, número de entrenós e tamanho de entrenós. Os resultados da análise de variância e a distribuição de médias para os caracteres avaliados evidenciaram a larga variabilidade e o potencial dos materiais para o melhoramento, além da possibilidade de cultivo da mamona em condição de safrinha no Sudeste do Brasil.

Do aviamento as cooperativas de beneficiamento: inovações sociais em sistemas de produção com castanha-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa bonpl) no estado do Amapá.

Este estudo caracteriza o extrativismo da castanha-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa bonpl), sua estrutura e comercialização e relações sociais na Região Sul do Amapá. este processo experimenta rápidas transformações a partir da metade da década de 1990, e, com essas mudanças diferentes representações sociais ao extrativismo são construídas, fato que no futuro implicará em novos arranjos envolvendo as agriculturas e a conservação ambiental. Para entender este processo e construir soluções tecnológicas para contribuir na manutenção dessa harmonia, a Embrapa Amapá desenvolveu no período de 2008/2010, processos de inovações técnicas e sociais nesse sistema, usando a metodologia de pesquisa participativa, envolvendo 22 comunidades locais e 151 famílias da RESEX Rio Cajarí, RDS Iratapuru e PAE Maracá. Os resultados demonstram a necessidade de investimentos em infraestrutura e capacitação das cooperativas locais, para que de fato assuman as funções de comando e coordenação da modernização dessas relações, dentre outras, influenciando na harmonização desse tipo de extrativismo com as agriculturas, contribuindo assim com a melhoria na qualidade de vida associada com a preservação ambiental de comunidades locais do Sul do Amapá.

"Mel de Pierce" - doença bacteriana da videira de importância quarentenária para o Brasil.

O ?Mal de Pierce? (Pierce?s disease) é uma doença de importância quarentenária A1, ou seja, ainda não encontrada no Brasil. Economicamente representa uma grande ameaça para a vitivinicultura por ser altamente destrutiva e de difícil controle, devido a sua disseminação natural por vetores aéreos (cigarrinhas) e por dispor de inúmeras hospedeiras alternativas nativas. Esta doença foi primeiramente constatada em 1884, próximo a Pomona e Anaheim na California. Foi chamada inicialmente de Anaheim disease, doença misteriosa, doença da California, praga da videira, entre outros. Em 1892 foi pela primeira vez descrita por Newton B. Pierce, de quem posteriormente herdou o nome e passou a chamar-se ?Pierce?s disease?. Algumas decadas depois a doença foi identificada em outras regiões vitícolas, incluindo o Sul da California até a Florida. O Mal de Pierce foi por muito tempo considerado uma doença causada por vírus. Entretanto investigações conduzidas a partir da década de 70 do século passado, mostraram que em plantas doentes tratadas com antibióticos os sintomas desapareciam e que a imersão de material vegetativo dormente em água quente eliminava o agente causal. Estudos posteriores com microscopia eletrônica demonstraram a presença de bactéria do tipo ricketisia nos tecidos xilemáticos de plantas doentes. Em 1978 a bactéria foi isolada e cultivada em meio de cultura artificial e completado o postulado de Koch?s comprovando-se ser o agente causal da doença. Em 1987 foi definitivamente classificada por Wells e colaboradores como Xylella fastidiosa, bactéria sistêmica do tipo bastonete, gram-negativa, fastidiosa, aflagelada, aeróbica e limitada aos vasos xilemáticos da planta. Esta bactéria apresenta várias estirpes (raças) que causam doenças em outras culturas além da videira, como a queimadura das folhas da amendoeira, nanismo da alfafa, ?phony peach? em pessegueiro, clorose variegada dos citros, escaldadura das folhas da ameixeira e requeima do cafezeiro. Há evidências experimentais que as doenças da videira, amendoeira e alfafa são causadas pela mesma estirpe da bactéria.