Hydrosedimentologic disturbance index applied to watersheds of Minas Gerais state

Ecological indicators have become important tools for assessment and monitoring of natural resources, being the understanding of the relationship between antropic activities and the environmental response essential for their structuring. Although the development of potential indicators may prove sensitive to many variables, they must demonstrate their ability to take the surrounding conditions, from those relatively preserved to those highly disturbed. Based on this premise, the development of the Hydrossedimentological DisturbanceIndex (HSDI) for environmental assessment at watersheds in Minas Gerais state, emerges as a potential tool to support decisions which should be focused on the improvement of natural resources management. A HSDI proposal was developed from the hydrological, climate and water quality database available in Minas Gerais state, highlighting sediment transport (ST), hydrological stress (HS), groundwater recharge (Rec) and current soil erosion potential (SEP), working with a robust tool for determining the weights of factors with appropriate scientific background and subsequent development of map for analyzing its distribution, having Paraopeba river watershed as study case.

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Strategy for phytomanagement in an area affected by iron ore dam rupture: A study case in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Environmental Pollution ◽

10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.060 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 249 ◽

pp. 1029-1037 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Valéria Cristina Palmeira Zago ◽

Nathália Corrêa das Dores ◽

Beatriz Amanda Watts

Keyword(s):

Iron Ore ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Study Case

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Feasibility project for implementation of conveyor belts in an iron ore mine. Study case: Fabrica Mine in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Rem Revista Escola de Minas ◽

10.1590/0370-44672013690021 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 79-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Breno Gonçalves Cardozo Ribeiro ◽

Wilson Trigueiro de Sousa ◽

José Aurélio Medeiros da Luz

Keyword(s):

Iron Ore ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Iron Ore Mine ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Conveyor Belts ◽

Study Case

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Risk behaviors for eating disorders and depressive symptoms: a study of female adolescents in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/0102-311x00192913 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (11) ◽

pp. 2443-2450 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Leonardo de Sousa Fortes ◽

Juliana Fernandes Filgueiras ◽

Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Major Depression Inventory ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Eat 26 ◽

The Relationship

The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between depressive symptoms and eating disorders in female adolescents. The sample included 371 girls ranging from 12 to 16 years of age in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The study used the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and Major Depression Inventory (MDI) to evaluate eating disorders and depressive symptoms, respectively. The linear regression model showed that 18% of the EAT-26 scores were influenced by MDI (F(1, 370) = 14.18; p = 0.001). Moreover, the findings indicated a statistically significant association between depressive symptoms and eating disorders (χ2 = 14.71; Wald = 12.90; p = 0.001). The authors concluded that depressive symptoms were related to eating disorders in female adolescents. Thus, girls with some level of depression showed a greater tendency to adopt disordered eating as a daily habit.

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Gender and belief factors on attitude towards Social and Environmental Accounting (SEA)

Social and Management Research Journal ◽

10.24191/smrj.v6i2.5176 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 51

Author(s):

Salina Abdullah ◽

Ern Chen Loo

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Environmental Accounting ◽

Future Generations ◽

Business And Society ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Sustain Ability ◽

The Relationship

Research on social and environmental accounting (SEA) has mainly concentrated on disclosure of SEA by corporate bodies, where investigations on ones attitude towards SEA are rarely discussed. SEA is a medium that develops relationships between business and society, community and nature. In addition, SEA involves a concept of sustain ability; where natural resources need to be sustained for the needs of future generations (Alhabshi et al., 2003). SEA also tries to recognise the role of accounting in sustainable development and the use of environmental resources. There are arguments that the young generations today are not fully aware of preserving these natural resources as well as handling social and environmental issues wisely. This perhaps link closely to their belief and cultural background. Hence, this paper examines the influence of gender and belief factors on the undergraduate students’ attitude towards SEA. Four dimensions of belief (fixed ability, quick learning, simple knowledge and certain knowledge) proposed by Schommer (2005) were adapted to analyse how belief factors have influence on their attitude towards SEA. An independent sample t-test was used to examine the relationship between gender and students’ attitude towards SEA. Spearmen’s correlation was employed to show the relationship between belief and attitude towards SEA. The results revealed that gender differences did not show influences on their attitude towards SEA. It was found that there is a significant relationship between belief and students’ attitude towards SEA. Students who believe on the importance of SEA tend to report positive attitude towards SEA. Perhaps findings of this study may provide some information on the SEA education and further be incorporated in the syllabus.

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The Principle of 'Free, Fair and Informed Consent' and Its Application to Natural Resources Project Developments in the Developing World; To What Extent Does 'Corporate Social Responsibility' Influence the Relationship between Oil Companies and Their Host Governments? Averting the Oil Curse. Case Study Uganda

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2552296 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Ongom Cwinya-ai

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Informed Consent ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Developing World ◽

Oil Companies ◽

Oil Curse ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Relationship

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Income Distribution and Poverty in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.262033 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

Luiz Fernando Alves ◽

Rosa Rosa Fontes

Keyword(s):

Income Distribution ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Minas Gerais State

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Protecting Natural Resources

10.1093/oso/9780198795667.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jérémie Gilbert

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Rights ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Environmental Law ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Human Rights Law ◽

International Environmental Law ◽

Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽

The Relationship ◽

Do So

This chapter focuses on the connection between the international legal framework governing the conservation of natural resources and human rights law. The objective is to examine the potential synergies between international environmental law and human rights when it comes to the protection of natural resources. To do so, it concentrates on three main areas of potential convergence. It first focuses on the pollution of natural resources and analyses how human rights law offers a potential platform to seek remedies for the victims of pollution. It next concentrates on the conservation of natural resources, particularly on the interconnection between protected areas, biodiversity, and human rights law. Finally, it examines the relationship between climate change and human rights law, focusing on the role that human rights law can play in the development of the current climate change adaptation and mitigation frameworks.

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African and African American Religions in the Early Americas

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190221171.013.26 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jason Young

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Belief Systems ◽

Subsequent Development ◽

Religious Practices ◽

African American Religion ◽

African Religion ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S ◽

New Generation ◽

The Relationship

This chapter chronicles the relationship between African religious practices on the continent and African American religion in the plantation Americas in the era of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. A new generation of scholars who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s have demonstrated not only that African religious practices exhibit remarkable subtlety and complexity but also that these cultures have played significant roles in the subsequent development of religious practices throughout the world. Christianity, Islam, and traditional African religion comprised a set of broad and varied religious practices that contributed to the development of creative, subtle, and complex belief systems that circulated around the African Diaspora. In addition, this chapter addresses some of the vexed epistemological challenges related to discussing and describing non-Western ritual and religious practices.

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