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The accelerated urban sprawl of cities around the world presents major challenges for urban planning and land resource management. In this context, it is crucial to have a detailed 3D representation of buildings enriched with accurate alphanumeric information. A distinctive aspect of this proposal is its specific focus on the spatial unit corresponding to buildings. In order to propose a domain model for the 3D representation of buildings, the national standard of Ecuador and the international standard (ISO 19152:2012 LADM) were considered. The proposal includes a detailed specification of attributes, both for the general subclass of buildings and for their infrastructure. The application of the domain model proposal was crucial in a study area located in the Riobamba canton, due to the characteristics of the buildings in that area. For this purpose, a geodatabase was created in pgAdmin4 with official information, taking into account the structure of the proposed model and linking it with geospatial data for an adequate management and 3D representation of the buildings in an open-source Geographic Information System. This application improves cadastral management in the study region and has wider implications. This model is intended to serve as a benchmark for other countries facing similar challenges in cadastral management and 3D representation of buildings, promote efficient urban development and contribute to global sustainable development.

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In recent years, the rate of urbanization has increased enormously, precipitating an escalating demand for improved services and applications in urban areas to improve the quality of life. In the Internet of Things (IoT)era, cities are transforming into smart urban centers. These cities incorporate connected devices, such as intelligent public lighting systems, to enhance their urban infrastructure. Therefore, this work explores the transformative potential of an IoT-enabled smart lighting system in urban environments, emphasizing its essential role in enhancing safety, economy, and sustainability. In this sense, LoRaCELL (Long-Range Cell) is introduced. LoRaCELL is an innovative system that utilizes edge devices for data collection, such as light intensity, humidity, temperature, air quality, solar ultraviolet radiation, ammeter, and voltmeter. It stands as a pioneering solution for intelligent public lighting systems, contributing to advancing IoT-driven urban development. The outcomes showed that the proposed system could successfully synchronize the devices with each other and send IoT sensing data at a low cost compared to traditional technologies such as LoRaWAN.

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Este trabalho apresenta uma análise decolonial de dois planos territoriais pensados, respectivamente, à Amazônia e o território de Barcarena. Tem como objetivo geral analisar a vocação colonial do território de Barcarena estabelecida no plano diretor municipal. Trata-se de relatório de pesquisa com enfoque na discussão sobre a colonialidade do poder e o processo de formação social da Amazônia brasileira, a partir de documentos internacionais e municipais, especificamente a Agenda de Projetos Prioritários de Integração do Conselho Sul-Americanos de Infraestrutura e Planejamento (2012-2022) e o Plano Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano de Barcarena (2016-2026). Os resultados denunciam a presença da colonialidade do poder nos instrumentos oficiais de planejamento territorial global e local que determinam a vocação local do território de Barcarena no processo de controle dos territórios da Amazônia.(AU)

This work presents a decolonial analysis of two territorial plans designed, respectively, for the Amazon and the territory of Barcarena. Its general objective is to analyze the colonial vocation of the territory of Barcarena established in the municipal master plan. It is a research report focusing on the discussion of the coloniality of power and the process of social formation in the Brazilian Amazon, based on international and municipal documents, specifically the Agenda of Priority Integration Projects of the South American Council for Infrastructure and Planning (2012-2022) and the Master Plan for Urban Development of Barcarena (2016-2026). The results denounce the presence of the coloniality of power in the official instruments of global and local territorial planning that determine the local vocation of the territory of Barcarena in the process of controlling the territories of the Amazon.(AU)

Este trabajo presenta un análisis decolonial de dos planes territoriales diseñados, respectivamente, para la Amazonía y el territorio de Barcarena. Su objetivo general es analizar la vocación colonial del territorio de Barcarena establecida en el plan director municipal. Se trata de un informe de investigación centrado en la discusión sobre la colonialidad del poder y el proceso de formación social en la Amazonía brasileña, a partir de documentos internacionales y municipales, específicamente la Agenda de Proyectos Prioritarios de Integración del Consejo Suramericano de Infraestructura y Planificación (2012). -2022) y el Plan Director de Desarrollo Urbano de Barcarena (2016-2026). Los resultados denuncian la presencia de la colonialidad del poder en los instrumentos oficiales de planificación territorial global y local que determinan la vocación local del territorio Barcarena en el proceso de control de los territorios amazónicos.(AU)

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Based on a comparative case study on two neighborhoods in Bogota and Rio de Janeiro (2017-2019) and a comprehensive literature review, this article proposes a critical Public Health approach to urban violence and makes a case for understanding the phenomenon in the context of market-driven urban territorial restructuring processes that assume specific qualities in cities of the Global South. The case studies are based on focus groups and semi-structured interviews with residents, specialists and community leaders. It is argued that urban violence is a key public health challenge, particularly in Latin America, given its dimensions and its impact on the populations' life and health. In this regard it configures "fractured lives" in what urban scholars have termed "fractured cities" - essentially unequal and polarized cities that are not merely sites of urban violence but, as we argue in this article, fundamentally shape urban violence, its qualities, dynamics and dimensions. The study is informed by a unique theoretical articulation between Latin American Social Medicine and Collective Health, critical (Latin American) geographical theory and authoritarian neoliberalism literature and shows how urban violence is directly implied in the territorial making and un-making of the cities, driven by commodification as well as both legal and illegal capitalist market logics, that include but are not limited to drug trade. The cases reflect the violence implied in permanent threats of eviction and displacement, "necropolitical" police/military interventions and what is described as a silent imposition of a "slow death" on infrastructure, the neighborhood and ultimately also its residents, which "fracture" the lives of significant parts of the urban population, produce "ill-being" and bring about health consequences that are rarely considered in relation to urban violence.

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Disaster education outcomes are highly dependent on the political context of that education. Based on a rich, in-depth case study of the creation of community monitors in a landslide and flood-prone city in southeast Brazil, this paper demonstrates how developmental and political environments add much additional nuance to existing theories of behaviourist and transformative education for disaster preparedness and mitigation. Beyond identifying the benefits of education, it argues that disaster risk reduction outcomes are reliant on governance frameworks that alter over time. The study reveals the political complexity associated with programme implementation and cites the perspectives of a number of participants. Disaster education is shown to be the necessary yet underappreciated twin of the militarised and technical approaches that dominate disaster response in Brazil. Understated, however, is education's situatedness: how it can become an arena of conflict between government and civil actors over matters of state and society in increasingly hazardous urbanisation settings in Latin America.

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Air pollution regulation requires knowing major sources on any given zone, setting specific controls, and assessing how health risks evolve in response to those controls. Receptor models (RM) can identify major sources: transport, industry, residential, etc. However, RM results are typically available for short term periods, and there is a paucity of RM results for developing countries. We propose to combine a cluster analysis (CA) of air pollution and meteorological measurements with a short-term RM analysis to estimate a long-term, hourly source apportionment of ambient PM2.5 and PM10. We have developed a proof of the concept for this proposed methodology in three case studies: a large metropolitan zone, a city with dominant residential wood burning (RWB) emissions, and a city in the middle of a desert region. We have found it feasible to identify the major sources in the CA results and obtain hourly time series of their contributions, effectively extending short-term RM results to the whole ambient monitoring period. This methodology adds value to existing ambient data. The hourly time series results would allow researchers to apportion health benefits associated with specific air pollution regulations, estimate source-specific trends, improve emission inventories, and conduct environmental justice studies, among several potential applications.

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In 2017, Puerto Rico sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Maria, increasing the risk of fires and carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings. Using a population-based, in-person survey of households with children less than 6 years old in Puerto Rico, we collected data in 2010 concerning the presence of smoke alarms and CO alarms in these households. We generated national estimates by extrapolating the number of households in each stratum using data from the 2010 Census. We determined which household characteristics predicted the presence of these alarms. Of 355 households analyzed, 31% had functional smoke alarms, or an estimated 109,773 households territory wide. The presence of smoke alarms was associated with living in multifamily housing and no child in the household receiving government medical insurance. Public housing or publicly subsidized housing, as compared to owner-occupied housing and unsubsidized rental housing, was associated with having a functional smoke alarm in households with children aged less than 6 years. Based on only six houses having CO alarms, we estimated only 7685 (2%) households had CO alarms. The low prevalence of functional smoke or CO alarms 7 years before Hurricane Maria is unfortunate and should be remedied by ensuring that such alarms are widely installed in current rebuilding activities.

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Food and nutrition security can be supported by an urban garden. The present study comprises a critical reflection on the difficulty of producing food in urban gardens in Brazil and shows the potential of food production and the obstacles to its expansion. In addition, issues related to the agroecological management of gardens are addressed and suggestions are made to improve the proposed public policies. Urban gardens are multifunctional and have social, economic and environmental impacts. They are strategically important for supporting low-income families and urban development. Through urban gardens, diverse foods and quality foods can be produced for self-consumption. This review highlights the importance of generating detailed information on urban gardens in Brazil to support policies aimed at this sector. Long-term and multidisciplinary studies are needed to evaluate the relationship between food production in urban gardens and household food and nutrition security. This approach revealed a lack of information on the amount of food produced by Brazilians in their gardens and consumed by the household. In addition, there is little information on the management of production. There is a gap relating to the impact of food produced in urban gardens and the prevalence of food and nutrition security. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Abstract This article uses a case study to analyze the actions of ruling classes and social movement organizations in urban politics. The study observes these groups' disputes and interactions with the state, and how different strategies, actions, and political projects of the subaltern classes have influenced the orientation of urban development. In a broad time-scale approach, the article discusses relations of hegemony, the process of institutionalization of movements, disputes in society and within the state, and the heterogeneity of the political projects that guide the subaltern classes.

Resumen Este artículo analiza, a partir de un estudio de caso, la actuación de las clases dominantes y de los movimientos sociales en la política urbana, sus disputas e interacciones con el Estado, y cómo diferentes estrategias, acciones y proyectos políticos de las clases subalternas influyeron en el desarrollo urbano. En un abordaje de amplia escala temporal, se debate las relaciones de hegemonía, el proceso de institucionalización de los movimientos, las disputas en la sociedad y en el interior del Estado, y la heterogeneidad de proyectos políticos que orientan a las clases subalternas.

Resumo Este artigo analisa, a partir de um estudo de caso, a atuação das classes dominantes e dos movimentos sociais na política urbana, suas disputas e interações com o Estado, e como diferentes estratégias, ações e projetos políticos das classes subalternas influem na orientação do desenvolvimento urbano. Em uma abordagem de ampla escala temporal, a discussão perpassa as relações de hegemonia, o processo de institucionalização dos movimentos, as disputas na sociedade e no interior do Estado, bem como a heterogeneidade de projetos políticos que orientam as classes subalternas.

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Abstract The growth of urban population is widely acknowledged to be a central trend that poses challenges for the administration of cities worldwide. In this context, several advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been developed to gradually transform urban centers into smart cities. In this article, we seek to contribute to filling a knowledge gap in the literature on smart city - namely the lack of empirical data in works on this subject - by investigating a project aimed at turning the municipality of Búzios in Brazil into a smart city, named Cidade Inteligente Búzios (CIB). Our objective is, thus, to describe and understand the controversial influence of the context in the implementation of the project, which was considered a success for some actors and irrelevant for others, a situation that defies the very concept of success in the implementation of smart cities.

Resumen El crecimiento de la población urbana es reconocido como una tendencia que desafía a la administración de las ciudades de todo el mundo. En este contexto, varios avances en las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) se han desarrollado para transformar gradualmente centros urbanos en ciudades inteligentes. En este artículo, intentamos llenar a un vacío de conocimiento en la literatura actual sobre ciudades inteligentes, la ausencia de dados empíricos en trabajos sobre el tema, investigando el proyecto de transformación de la ciudad de Búzios en Brasil en una ciudad inteligente, denominado Cidade Inteligente Búzios (CIB). Así, tenemos el objetivo de plantear y entender la controvertida influencia del contexto en el desarrollo dese proyecto, puesto que el emprendimiento ha sido considerado un suceso por algunos actores, mientras como irrelevante por los otros, lo que desafía el propio concepto de suceso en la implantación de ciudades inteligentes.

Resumo O crescimento da população urbana é reconhecido como uma tendência que desafia a administração das cidades ao redor do mundo. Nesse contexto, vários avanços nas tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TICs) vêm sendo desenvolvidos para transformar gradualmente os centros urbanos em cidades inteligentes. Por meio deste artigo, procuramos contribuir para preencher uma lacuna de conhecimento na literatura atual sobre cidades inteligentes — a falta de dados empíricos em trabalhos sobre esse assunto — investigando um projeto que visa transformar o município de Búzios no Brasil em uma smart city, denominado Cidade Inteligente Búzios (CIB). Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é descrever e entender a controversa influência do contexto na implantação do projeto, já que o empreendimento foi considerado um sucesso por alguns atores, e, ao mesmo tempo, irrelevante por outros, o que desafia o próprio conceito de sucesso na implantação de cidades digitais.

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Temuco is a mid-size city representative of severe wood smoke pollution in southern Chile; however, little is known about the indoor air quality in this region. A field measurement campaign at 63 households in the Temuco urban area was conducted in winter 2014 and is reported here. In this study, indoor and outdoor (24-hr) PM2.5 and its elemental composition were measured and compared. Infiltration parameters and outdoor/indoor contributions to indoor PM2.5 were also determined. A statistical evaluation of how various air quality interventions and household features influence indoor PM2.5 was also performed. This study determined median indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations of 44.4 and 41.8 µg/m3, respectively. An average infiltration factor (0.62 ±â€¯0.06) was estimated using sulfur as a tracer species. Using a simple mass balance approach, median indoor and outdoor contributions to indoor PM2.5 concentrations were then estimated as 12.5 and 26.5 µg/m3, respectively; therefore, 68% of indoor PM2.5 comes from outdoor infiltration. This high percentage is due to high outdoor pollution and relatively high household air exchange rates (median: 1.06 h-1). This study found that S, Br and Rb were dominated by outdoor contributions, while Si, Ca, Ti, Fe and As originated from indoor sources. Using continuous indoor and outdoor PM2.5 measurements, a median indoor source strength of 75 µg PM2.5/min was estimated for the diurnal period, similar to literature results. For the evening period, the median estimate rose to 135 µg PM2.5/min, reflecting a more intense wood burning associated to cooking and space heating at night. Statistical test results (at the 90% confidence level) support the ongoing woodstove replacement program (reducing emissions) and household weatherization subsidies (reducing heating demand) for improving indoor air quality in southern Chile, and suggest that a cookstove improvement program might be helpful as well.

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RESUMO Este artigo apresenta um modelo simplificado de análise sobre o potencial de risco associado à existência de postos de comércio de combustíveis no contexto urbano, que considera três critérios de análise: operacional, normativo e ambiental. Esses critérios estão distribuídos entre oito variáveis de controle, internas e externas, as quais são valoradas a partir de informações quantitativas e qualitativas facilmente disponibilizadas, e que foram empregadas na determinação das notas de risco de 67 postos de combustíveis existentes na primeira légua patrimonial (PLP) da cidade de Belém, Pará, o primeiro rossio da cidade, demarcado pela coroa Portuguesa em 1616, com o fim de obtenção da Nota de Risco de Postos de Combustível e produção do Mapa de Potencial de Risco dos bairros da PLP. Os resultados demonstram que a maioria dos postos de combustíveis existentes na PLP possui risco alto e poucos impõem risco grave e médio.

ABSTRACT This paper introduces a simple model to assess potential risk of gas stations in urban areas, which takes into account three dimensions of analysis: operational, normative, and environmental. These dimensions are distributed in eight internal and external control variables, which, in turn, are valued by qualitative and quantitative interpretation of easily available local data. The proposed model was applied to evaluate 67 gas stations located within the first urban mile of Belém, Pará, Brazil, which is characterized as the first demarcation of land granted by the Portuguese crown in the foundation of Belém, in 1616, in order to obtain the risk rating for gas station and also to produce the potential risk map for first urban area districts. Results show that most of the gas stations in the first urban mile presents high risk, whereas only a few possesses important and medium risk.

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Temuco is a mid-size city representative of severe wood smoke pollution in southern Chile; i.e., ambient 24-h PM2.5 concentrations have exceeded 150 µg/m3 in the winter season and the top concentration reached 372 µg/m3 in 2010. Annual mean concentrations have decreased but are still above 30 µg/m3. For the very first time, a molecular marker source apportionment of ambient organic carbon (OC) and PM2.5 was conducted in Temuco. Primary resolved sources for PM2.5 were wood smoke (37.5%), coal combustion (4.4%), diesel vehicles (3.3%), dust (2.2%) and vegetative detritus (0.7%). Secondary inorganic PM2.5 (sulfates, nitrates and ammonium) contributed 4.8% and unresolved organic aerosols (generated from volatile emissions from incomplete wood combustion), including secondary organic aerosols, contributed 47.1%. Adding the contributions of unresolved organic aerosols to those from primary wood smoke implies that wood burning is responsible for 84.6% of the ambient PM2.5 in Temuco. This predominance of wood smoke is ultimately due to widespread poverty and a lack of efficient household heating methods. The government has been implementing emission abatement policies but achieving compliance with ambient air quality standards for PM2.5 in southern Chile remains a challenge.

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The increase of human population, especially in urban areas, correlates with an alarming destruction of green spaces. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms by which urbanization processes affect biodiversity is crucial in integrating the environment in a proper urban planning. The main urban center of Argentina is known as the Greater Buenos Aires (GBA), and it includes the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and 24 surrounding districts. Avellaneda, one of the districts of the GBA, is an important urban and industrial center with green areas and low level of urbanization on the coastal area of the Río de la Plata. This paper provides the first Odonata inventory for Avellaneda, determines the species' level of synanthropy with the Nuorteva index, and assess the Odonata species replacement along a latitudinal gradient on the occidental margin of the Río de la Plata.

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El objetivo de este trabajo fue explorar los principales retos que tendrán que afrontar en las próximas décadas los gobiernos locales de América Latina, para reorientar el desarrollo urbano hacia la construcción de ciudades sustentables, de cara a La Nueva Agenda Urbana avalada en la Conferencia Internacional sobre Hábitat y Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible - Hábitat III. El desordenado y progresivo crecimiento de las ciudades latinoamericanas, sus condiciones actuales de desarrollo humano y las perspectivas económicas de la Región, como principales elementos de análisis de la investigación, permitieron identificar tres principales retos: la construcción de ciudades resilientes, incluyentes y equitativas; el fortalecimiento de la gobernabilidad local mediante la efectiva participación informada en la toma de decisiones por parte de la ciudadanía, y por último, el reconocimiento del componente cultural en la formulación de políticas públicas de gestión ambiental del territorio, como pilar básico en la lucha contra el cambio climático y el logro del desarrollo sustentable.

The aim of this study was to explore the main challenges that local governments in Latin America will have to face in the coming decades regarding the reorientation of urban development towards building sustainable cities with regard to The New Urban Agenda cosigned in the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development and Habitat - Habitat III. The messy and progressive growth of Latin American cities, their current conditions of human development and the economic prospects of the region, as the main elements of analysis in this research, allowed the identification of three main challenges: building resilient, inclusive and equitable cities; strengthening local governance through effective informed participation in decision-making by citizens; and the recognition of the cultural component in the formulation of public policies for environmental management planning, as a basic foundation in the fight against climate change and the achievement of sustainable development.

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Este artigo buscou evidenciar a trajetória do automobilismo carioca, de 1954 a 1959, demarcando as interseções entre a produção em massa dos automóveis nacionais, sua influência no desenvolvimento urbano do Rio de Janeiro, e a mudança de habitus que a sociedade começava a vivenciar. Metodologicamente foi utilizada uma análise documental aliada a uma pesquisa bibliográfica. Como fonte primária utilizou-se a Revista de Automóveis e os resultados apontaram para: um desenvolvimento urbano liderado pelo automóvel, uma sociedade que transformou os carros em testemunha e cúmplice de sua vida pública e privada, e um automobilismo mal administrado que se deslocou pela cidade de acordo com o crescimento desta

This article searched to evidence the motorsport trajectory in Rio de Janeiro between 1954 and 1959, demarcating the intersections among the national automobiles mass production, its influence in the city development and the habitus change that the society started to live. Methodologically a documentary analysis combined with a literature search was used. As research source was used the magazine "Revista de Automóveis" and the results pointed to: an urban growth leaded by automobiles, a society that transformed them in witness and accomplice of its public and private life, and a motorsport mismanaged which ran through the city according to its growing

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El presente artículo, derivado de investigación, presenta el marco conceptual y metodológico resultados del estudio de las Unidades de Planificación Territorialy de Gestión como Instrumento Operativo para la toma de Decisiones Urbano Rural, los POTs y PDM, instrumentos de planteamiento en el corto, mediano y largo plazo, en este orden la zonificación del territorio se convierte en la alternativa para plantear y fortalecer las Unidades de Gestión y Planificación Territorial donde se debe fortalecer la institucionalidad a partir de la incorporación de los actores y sectores público, privado y sociedad civil.

This current article, derived from a piece of research, introduces in the theoretical and methodological frameworks, the results of a study of the Land Planning Units and of Management as an Operational Instrument for the Rural-Urban decisionmaking, the Territorial Ordering Plan –TOP– and Municipal Development Plan –MDP–, instruments of approach in the short, medium and long terms; in this order, the zoning of the territory becomes an alternative to raise and to strengthen the Management Units and the Territorial Planning, where the institutional framework must be consolidated from the incorporation of public, private actors and sectors, and the civil society.

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This article aims to reflect about the accessibility of some public spaces in Curitiba and the right to leisure of the members of a wheelchair users group called "A União faz a Força". To this end, the following specific objectives were established: identify leisure spaces known by the group "A União faz a Força"; analyze the accessibility of these spaces using a script; and investigate the facilities and difficulties encountered by the group members in using these leisure spaces. This investigation was developed based on a qualitative approach, using the triangulation of data collected in semi-structured interviews with wheelchair users, the systematic observation of four leisure spaces, as well as the rides taken by the group at the parks as theoretical referential. It is worth mentioning that, although Curitiba presents facilities, it also presents many difficulties related to accessibility, which reduce the mobility of disabled persons in the city and hinder their access to leisure installations. Observing the public spaces, we also found several obstacles that prevent the use of recreational equipment and restrooms. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that the lack of accessibility observed in these spaces and in the urban mobility in Curitiba reduces the choice of leisure and restricts the right to leisure for the members of the group "A União faz a Força".(AU)

Este artigo busca refletir sobre a relação da acessibilidade de alguns espaços públicos de lazer de Curitiba com a garantia do direito ao lazer dos integrantes do grupo de cadeirantes A "União faz a Força". Para tanto, traçaram-se os seguintes objetivos específicos: identificar os espaços de lazer conhecidos pelo grupo "A União faz a Força"; analisar a acessibilidade desses espaços com um roteiro; e investigar as facilidades e dificuldades encontradas pelos integrantes do grupo no uso desses espaços sob o ponto de vista dos próprios usuários. Esta investigação foi desenvolvida a partir de uma abordagem qualitativa, sendo utilizada a estratégia de triangulação dos dados coletados em entrevistas semiestruturadas com pessoas cadeirantes, observação sistemática de quatro espaços de lazer da cidade, bem como dos passeios do grupo de cadeirantes realizados em dois parques com o referencial teórico. Destaca-se que, apesar de Curitiba possuir facilidades, ainda identificamos muitos problemas relacionados à acessibilidade, que reduzem a mobilidade da pessoa com deficiência na cidade e dificultam o acesso aos espaços de lazer. Também encontramos várias barreiras que impedem o uso dos equipamentos de lazer, como também o uso dos sanitários nos espaços públicos observados. Conclui-se, portanto, que a falta de acessibilidade encontrada nesses espaços e na mobilidade urbana de Curitiba reduzem a possibilidade de escolha do lazer e consequentemente restringem a garantia do direito ao lazer para os integrantes do grupo "A União faz a Força".(AU)

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This article aims to reflect about the accessibility of some public spaces in Curitiba and the right to leisure of the members of a wheelchair users group called "A União faz a Força". To this end, the following specific objectives were established: identify leisure spaces known by the group "A União faz a Força"; analyze the accessibility of these spaces using a script; and investigate the facilities and difficulties encountered by the group members in using these leisure spaces. This investigation was developed based on a qualitative approach, using the triangulation of data collected in semi-structured interviews with wheelchair users, the systematic observation of four leisure spaces, as well as the rides taken by the group at the parks as theoretical referential. It is worth mentioning that, although Curitiba presents facilities, it also presents many difficulties related to accessibility, which reduce the mobility of disabled persons in the city and hinder their access to leisure installations. Observing the public spaces, we also found several obstacles that prevent the use of recreational equipment and restrooms. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that the lack of accessibility observed in these spaces and in the urban mobility in Curitiba reduces the choice of leisure and restricts the right to leisure for the members of the group "A União faz a Força".

Este artigo busca refletir sobre a relação da acessibilidade de alguns espaços públicos de lazer de Curitiba com a garantia do direito ao lazer dos integrantes do grupo de cadeirantes A "União faz a Força". Para tanto, traçaram-se os seguintes objetivos específicos: identificar os espaços de lazer conhecidos pelo grupo "A União faz a Força"; analisar a acessibilidade desses espaços com um roteiro; e investigar as facilidades e dificuldades encontradas pelos integrantes do grupo no uso desses espaços sob o ponto de vista dos próprios usuários. Esta investigação foi desenvolvida a partir de uma abordagem qualitativa, sendo utilizada a estratégia de triangulação dos dados coletados em entrevistas semiestruturadas com pessoas cadeirantes, observação sistemática de quatro espaços de lazer da cidade, bem como dos passeios do grupo de cadeirantes realizados em dois parques com o referencial teórico. Destaca-se que, apesar de Curitiba possuir facilidades, ainda identificamos muitos problemas relacionados à acessibilidade, que reduzem a mobilidade da pessoa com deficiência na cidade e dificultam o acesso aos espaços de lazer. Também encontramos várias barreiras que impedem o uso dos equipamentos de lazer, como também o uso dos sanitários nos espaços públicos observados. Conclui-se, portanto, que a falta de acessibilidade encontrada nesses espaços e na mobilidade urbana de Curitiba reduzem a possibilidade de escolha do lazer e consequentemente restringem a garantia do direito ao lazer para os integrantes do grupo "A União faz a Força".

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Este trabalho parte do desenvolvimento urbano sustentável e das políticas públicas como forma de promovê-lo. Os conselhos gestores de políticas públicas estão presentes em todos os níveis de governo, especialmente após a Constituição Federal de 1988. Tomou-se então para análise o município de Santo André pertencente à Região Metropolitana de São Paulo e quatro de seus 23 conselhos municipais relacionados à: Política Urbana, Política Ambiental, Orçamento Participativo e Gestão da Área de Mananciais. Para alcançar o objetivo de analisar o funcionamento dos conselhos municipais de Santo André, buscando reconhecer os pontos em que são exemplares e as ineficiências, foi realizada pesquisa de campo e entrevistas com gestores municipais e conselheiros. As principais conclusões são que Santo André é um caso exemplar em gestão compartilhada, com diversas experiências positivas que, indo muito além das exigências legais de abertura de canais de participação, reiteram a disposição do governo municipal em abrir para a sociedade civil canais de diálogo e deliberação. Porém, não existe uniformidade na atuação dos conselhos e ainda existem problemas, principalmente relacionados com a paridade numérica e a disparidade de condições para que haja um real compartilhamento de poder nos conselhos.

This work parts from sustainable urban development and the public policies as a way to promote it. The public policies management councils are present in all levels of the government, especially after the 1988 Federal Constitution. It was taken for analysis the city of Santo André, which belongs to the metropolitan region of São Paulo, and four of its 23 municipal councils related to: Urban Policy, Environmental Policy, Participatory Budget and Management of the Source Water Area. To achieve the objective of analyzing the municipal councils of Santo André, trying to recognize the places in which it is exemplary and its inefficiencies, we carried out field research and interviews with municipal managers and council members. The main conclusions are that Santo André is an exemplary case of shared management, with various positive experiences that, going far beyond the legal requirements for openings channels of participation, reaffirm the willingness of the municipal government to open channels for civil society dialogue and deliberation. However, there is no uniformity in the actions of the councils and there still are problems, mainly related to the numeric parity and the disparity of conditions so that there is a real sharing of power in the councils. However, there is no uniformity in the performance of councils and there are still problems, mainly related to numeric parity and disparity of conditions so that there...

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