The potential for rooftop agriculture in the city of Rio de Janeiro: Growing capacity, Food security and Green infrastructure

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of perceived food insecurity in households of employees of Popular Restaurants, as well as associate this perception with socioeconomic, labor and health variables. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 273 workers from seven restaurants located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We applied a questionnaire with different scales and anthropometric measurements were taken. Assessment of food insecurity was performed using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, classifying individuals in food security and food insecurity. The analyses were performed by calculating the gross and adjusted odds ratio. The logistic regression was performed considering three groups of variables: socio-economic, employment and health. Results: The estimated prevalence of food insecurity was 53.7%. The variables: education (OR=2.39; 95%CI=1.38-4.16), time working in kitchens <29 months (OR=2.72; 95%CI=1.44-5.16) and opinion on the satisfaction with food composition and regularity (OR=2.01; 95%CI=1.12-3.57) were significantly associated with food insecurity. Conclusion: Although the study population find themselves inserted into a social facility to promote food security, food insecurity results are worrying. Additionally, factors like lower education and less time working in restaurants increased the chance to realize their households in food insecurity.

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Impact of age and schooling on performance on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery: A study of elderly residents in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Psychology & Neuroscience ◽

10.1037/pne0000118 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 317-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Verônica C. Araujo ◽

Christina M. B. Lima ◽

Eduarda N. B. Barbosa ◽

Flávia P. Furtado ◽

Helenice Charchat-Fichman

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

Screening Battery ◽

The City

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Incidência da utilização de protetores bucais em diversos esportes de contato

Full Dentistry in Science ◽

10.24077/2020;1245-118122 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (45) ◽

pp. 118-122

Author(s):

Victor Paes Dias Gonçalves ◽

Hugo Leonardo Matias Nahmias ◽

Marcus Menezes Alves Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Martial Arts ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Dental Trauma ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Type Ii ◽

Contact Sports ◽

The Face ◽

Secondary Objective ◽

The City

Among contact sports, the practice of martial arts offers a greater risk of causing dental trauma and fractures as contact with the face is more frequent. The primary objective of the research is to evaluate the incidence of mouthguard use, and the secondary objective is to verify which type has a greater predominance and the difficulties in its use correlating to the type of mouthguard used. A documentary study was carried out with 273 athletes of different contact sports, among them: MMA, Boxing, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, and Taekwondo of the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was concluded that the most commonly used mouthguard is PB Boils and Bites - Type II and its level of approval is poor, interfering with the athletes’ performance, mainly in relation to the breathing factor.

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Slope stability programs for the city of Rio de Janeiro and environs and the landslide disaster of the Serra das Araras escarpment, Brazil, 1967

Open-File Report ◽

10.3133/ofr68154 ◽

1968 ◽

Author(s):

Fred O. Jones

Keyword(s):

Slope Stability ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

The City ◽

Landslide Disaster

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Thematic structure of the GIS database Khabarovsk city protected areas

Geodesy and Cartography ◽

10.22389/0016-7126-2020-961-7-56-64 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 961 (7) ◽

pp. 56-64

Author(s):

G.Y. Morozova ◽

I.D. Debelaia

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Green Infrastructure ◽

Ecological Framework ◽

Thematic Structure ◽

City Area ◽

Gis Database ◽

The City

Protected areas are key elements of the green infrastructure and ecological framework of cities. They have multifunctional significance as centers of investment attractiveness. The percentage of protected zones in the city’s total area is an indicator of its sustainable development. Their total area in Khabarovsk is 567.8 ha (1.5% of the city area)

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Categorias analíticas do espaço e Turismo: o exemplo da Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, Niterói/RJ

GEOgraphia ◽

10.22409/geographia2006.816.a13523 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (16) ◽

Author(s):

Miguel Ângelo Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Urban Space ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Future Generations ◽

Guanabara Bay ◽

Single Family ◽

Spatial Dynamic ◽

Santa Cruz ◽

Military Installations ◽

The City

O objetivo que permeia a presente pesquisa é utilizar a Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, localizada no bairro de Jurujuba, em Niterói, construída em 1555, na entrada da barra da Baía de Guanabara, como foco de antílise, ressaltando a importância deste fixo social enquanto atração turística e de lazer, incluindo a cidade de Niterói no circuito destas atividades, complementares à cidade do Rio de Janeiro; além de abordar conceitos e categorias analíticas, oriundos das ciências sociais, principalmente provenientes da Geografia, pertinentes ao estudo das atividades em tela. Neste contexto, na dinâmica espacial da cidade de Niterói, o processo de mudança de função dos fixos sociais têm sido extraordinário. Residencias unifamiliares, prédios e até mesmo fortificações militares, verdadeiras monumentalidades, foram refuncionalizadas, passando por um processo de turistificação. Assim, a refuncionalização da respectiva Fortaleza em espaço cultural toma-se um importante atrativo da história, do patrimônio, da cultura, marcando no espaço urbano sua expressões e monumentalidade, criada pelo homem como símbolo de seus ideais, objetivos e atos, constituindo-se em um legado as gerações futuras, formando um elo entre passado, presente e futuro. Abstract This paper focuses on Santa Cruz Fortress, built in 1555 in Jurujuba (Niterói), to guard the entrance of Guanabara bay, and stresses its role as a towist attraction and leisure' area, as a social fix which links the city of Niterói to the complementary circuit of these activities in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The study uses important concepts and analytic categories fiom social sciences, particularly fiom Geography.In the spatial dynamic of the city of Niterói, change in functions of social fuces has been extraordinary. Single-family dwellings, buildings and even military installations have been re-functionalized, undergoing a process of touristification. In that way, the refunctionalization of the Fortress as a cultural space provides an important attraction in the domains of history, patrimony, and culture, providing the urban space with an expression of monumentality, created by man as a symbol of his ideals, aims and actions, a legacy to future generations forming a link between past, present and future.

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A utopia do direito à cidade: Possibilidades de superação da dicotomia favela-bairro no Rio de Janeiro

GEOgraphia ◽

10.22409/geographia2005.714.a13491 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (14) ◽

Author(s):

Márcio Piñon de Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

The Other ◽

Right To The City ◽

Other Hand ◽

The Right ◽

The City

A utopia do direito à cidade, no caso específico do Rio de Janeiro, começa, obrigatoriamente, pela superação da visão dicotômica favela-cidade. Para isso, é preciso que os moradores da favela possam sentir-se tão cidadãos quanto os que têm moradias fora das favelas. A utopia do direito à cidade tem de levar a favela a própria utopia da cidade. Uma cidade que não se fragmente em oposições asfalto-favela, norte-sul, praia-subúrbio e onde todos tenham direito ao(s) seu(s) centro(s). Oposições que expressam muito mais do que diferenças de localização e que se apresentam recheadas de segregação, estereótipos e ideologias. Por outro lado, o direito a cidade, como possibilidade histórica, não pode ser pensado exclusivamente a partir da favela. Mas as populações que aí habitam guardam uma contribuição inestimável para a construção prática desse direito. Isso porque, das experiências vividas, emergem aprendizados e frutificam esperanças e soluções. Para que a favela seja pólo de um desejo que impulsione a busca do direito a cidade, é necessário que ela se pense como parte da história da própria cidade e sua transformação em metrópole.Abstract The right to the city's utopy specifically in Rio de Janeiro, begins by surpassing the dichotomy approach between favela and the city. For this purpose, it is necessary, for the favela dwellers, the feeling of citizens as well as those with home outside the favelas. The right to the city's utopy must bring to the favela the utopy to the city in itself- a non-fragmented city in terms of oppositions like "asphalt"-favela, north-south, beach-suburb and where everybody has right to their center(s). These oppositions express much more the differences of location and present themselves full of segregation, stereotypes and ideologies. On the other hand, the right to the city, as historical possibility, can not be thought just from the favela. People that live there have a contribution for a practical construction of this right.

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Toward A Framework for Assessing the Fair Distribution of Space in Urban Streets

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/0361198121995196 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 036119812199519

Author(s):

Gabriel Lefebvre-Ropars ◽

Catherine Morency ◽

Paula Negron-Poblete

Keyword(s):

Green Infrastructure ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Active Transportation ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Urban Context ◽

Urban Streets ◽

Street Space ◽

The World ◽

Fair Distribution ◽

The City

The increasing popularity of street redesigns highlights the intense competition for street space between their different users. More and more cities around the world mention in their planning documents their intention to rebalance streets in favor of active transportation, transit, and green infrastructure. However, few efforts have managed to formalize quantifiable measurements of the balance between the different users and usages of the street. This paper proposes a method to assess the balance between the three fundamental dimensions of the street—the link, the place, and the environment—as well as a method to assess the adequation between supply and demand for the link dimension at the corridor level. A series of open and government georeferenced datasets were integrated to determine the detailed allocation of street space for 11 boroughs of the city of Montréal, Canada. Travel survey data from the 2013 Origine-Destination survey was used to model different demand profiles on these streets. The three dimensions of the street were found to be most unbalanced in the central boroughs of the city, which are also the most dense and touristic neighborhoods. A discrepancy between supply and demand for transit users and cyclists was also observed across the study area. This highlights the potential of using a distributive justice framework to approach the question of the fair distribution of street space in an urban context.

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The Shortage of Benzathine Penicillin and Its Impact on Congenital Syphilis Incidence: An Ecologic Study in the City of Rio de Janeiro

Clinical Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1093/cid/ciaa1716 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

José Ueleres Braga ◽

Rachel Sarmeiro Araujo ◽

Ana Sara Semeão de Souza

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Congenital Syphilis ◽

Fold Increase ◽

Benzathine Penicillin ◽

Ecologic Study ◽

Binomial Regression ◽

Study Population ◽

Health Organization ◽

The City ◽

Strength Of Association

Abstract Background The Pan American Health Organization indicates that increased incidence of congenital syphilis (CS) can be attributed to the lack of penicillin. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the benzathine penicillin shortage and the significant increase in the incidence of congenital syphilis in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 2013 to 2017. Methods We used a mixed ecologic study design (temporal and multiple groups). Analysis units were the neighborhoods (spatial) and quarters (temporal) during those years. The study population consisted of CS patients who were living in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The benzathine penicillin supply measure for use in gestational syphilis considered the ratio between (1) the number of bottles dispensed to health facilities in each neighborhood and (2) the number of bottles necessary to treat pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis and their respective partners residing in each neighborhood. To evaluate the association between shortages and a significant increase in CS incidence, the negative-inflated zero-binomial regression model (longitudinal model) was used. Results During the study period, the incidence rate of CS in Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods was on average 19.6 per 1000 live births. In the simple analysis, shortage was associated with a 2.17-fold increase in the risk of a significant increase in CS incidence. After adjustment for the sufficient minimum set, the strength of association increased to 2.23 (95% confidence interval, 1.15–4.30). Conclusions We conclude that the benzathine penicillin shortage had an impact on the increase in the incidence of CS in Rio de Janeiro.

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COVID-19 Pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A Social Inequality Report

Medicina ◽

10.3390/medicina57060596 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 57 (6) ◽

pp. 596

Author(s):

Yago Bernardo ◽

Denes do Rosario ◽

Carlos Conte-Junior

Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Social Inequality ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Case Fatality Rate ◽

Case Fatality ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Fatality Rate ◽

Retrospective Report ◽

The Social ◽

The City

Background and Objectives: To perform a retrospective report on the lethality of COVID-19 in different realities in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Materials and Methods: We accomplished an observational study by collecting the data about total confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19 in the top 10 high social developed neighborhoods and top 10 most populous favelas in RJ to determine the case-fatality rate (CFR) and compare these two different realities. Results: CFR was significatively higher in poverty areas of RJ, reaching a mean of 9.08% in the most populous favelas and a mean of 4.87% in the socially developed neighborhoods. Conclusions: The social mitigation measures adopted in RJ have benefited only smaller portions of the population, excluding needy communities.

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