Application of the UASB technology for sewage treatment in a small community at sumare, sao Paulo state

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. M. Vieira ◽  
J. L. Carvalho ◽  
F. P. O. Barijan ◽  
C. M. Rech
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Uasb Reactor ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
The City

Sumare City does not have sewage treatment, leading to the deterioration of water resources and public health conditions. There is a sewage treatment plan for the city's urbanized area. However, difficulties of financing delay the plan's implementation. Meanwhile, new small communities of low income population are built surrounding the city. That was not foreseen in the city's plan. So, the sanitation problem is constantly aggravated. The city's Water and Wastewater Department (Departamento de A'guas e Esgotos - DAE), worried by this situation tried out a new scheme to overcome this problem. One of these communities (235 houses) was chosen and a proposal was made to its inhabitants, which was accepted, to use an anaerobic digester to treat the sewage, DAE being the financer agent and the inhabitants reimbursing DAE. The UASB technology was made available by means of an agreement between DAE-Sumare and CETESB for technology transfer. DAE was responsible for the management and plant construction. The plant was started-up in May 1992. This is a successful experience in view of the non-existence of finance for the construction of sewage systems. A 67.5 m3 UASB reactor was built. The difficulties to establish the real costs for this were extremely high, and lead to cost reduction recommendation. Data collected for performance evaluation, over a period of fourteen months showed a difference compared to the 120 m3 UASB reactor experience, at CETESB, in Sao Paulo City. The influent and effluent Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) values, are higher than were experienced at CETESB. The average removal rates of BOD, COD and TSS are also higher, respectively 80%, 74% and 87%.

Tentative friendships among low-income migrants in São Paulo’s commercial districts

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megha Amrith
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Municipal Policies ◽  
The City ◽  
Networks Of Support

The city of São Paulo, historically important as a destination for migrants from across the world, has experienced newer waves of immigration in the past few decades. As Brazilian national legislation and municipal policies have been ill prepared to handle these recent flows, migrants find themselves without much institutional support and rely instead on other networks to find their way in the city. This article is based on ethnographic research among low-income migrants in São Paulo, many of whom are employed as tailors and garment vendors in the city’s thriving central commercial neighbourhoods. Migrants from Bolivia, Peru, China, Pakistan and Nepal co-exist alongside working-class Brazilians. This article traces the everyday forms of conviviality among these migrants who find themselves in precarious conditions in São Paulo. It will consider the lines along which friendships and networks of support and sociability are built and the depth of such relationships. It also considers the points of tension which divide people and strain potential friendships, for instance, when migrants compete to sell their goods and are exploited by ‘fellow migrants’ to survive in the city. What we see is an ambivalent field of interaction that is convivial yet competitive and distrustful.

scholarly journals Mapping and Territorial Risk Analysis of Hospital Admissions due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children (Brazil)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Coelho Pina ◽  
Luana Seles Alves ◽  
Maria Cândida de Carvalho Furtado ◽  
Ricardo Arcêncio Arcêncio ◽  
Ellen Cristina Gondim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Density Estimator ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Census Tracts ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

Abstract Background The concentration of child morbidity and mortality due to pneumonia in developing countries reflects the social inequities, which lead to greater exposure to risk factors and make access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease more difficult. This study aimed to map and assess the territorial risk for hospitalization due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia in children under 5 years of age. Methods Ecological study, carried out in the city of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The study population consisted of hospitalized children under the age of five, diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia, in Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo-Brazil, from 2012 to 2013. Data were collected in different databases, by a trained team, between March 2012 and August 2013 and from the 2010 Demographic Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The 956 urban census tracts were considered as the units of analysis. Descriptive statistics were performed for the sociodemographic characteristics, with the calculation of measures of absolute frequency and proportions for the categorical variables, using the Statistica software (12.0). The incidence of cases per 10,000 inhabitants was calculated by census tracts during the study period. For the identification of the spatial risk clusters, the Kernel density estimator and the Getis-Ord Gi* technique were measured from the Radius of the distance of 7,589 km, with p < .01, found using the Incremental Spatial Autocorrelation tool. Results The study included 265 children under the age of five, hospitalized due to community-acquired pneumonia. A concentration of cases was identified in the regions with greater social vulnerability (low income, poor housing conditions and homelessness), as well as a lower occurrence of cases in the most developed and economically privileged area of the city. The majority of the children lived in territories served by traditional primary healthcare units, in which the health surveillance and family and community focus are limited. Conclusions The results contribute to the comprehension of the social factors involved in child hospitalization due to pneumonia, based on the analysis of the spatial distribution, and address the interface with individual and institutional factors.

scholarly journals Urban planning instruments for promoting social interest housing: from zoning to obligatory percentages in São Paulo, Brazil, in dialog with Bogotá, Colombia

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Freire Santoro
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Interest ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Urban Restructuring ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

One of the major challenges for urban planning in Latin America is to provide low-income families with housing in areas that have an infrastructure and a good supply of jobs and services, thereby promoting diversity and equity, translated by mixing classes, races and social cohesion. This mission becomes increasingly difficult in a neoliberal capitalist context which transfers the task of providing land and housing for low-income families to the market and where the logic of such actions is based on achieving more rent from land and consequently of the holding of real estate becoming more profitable. This paper sets out to discuss two proposals for urban instruments that dialog with the production of housing through the market and guarantee of the right to the city. The first centered on the reserve of land for the production of social interest housing (HIS, in Portuguese) in the zoning by creating Special Social Interest Housing Zones (ZEIS, in Portuguese), spread throughout Brazil, and described here based on the experience of São Paulo. Or else, comparatively, classifying land to be used as a priority for social housing (vivienda de interés prioritário) widespread in Colombia, and here presented by the Bogota experience. There is another, which already has international experience and has recently been debated in Brazil, which consists of conceiving of the promotion of social interest housing policies based on the regulation of urban restructuring but experiences of this are rare in Brazil. These may be termed as inclusive housing policies. As a result, this article points out that the creation of alternative regulations has set the tone for the market to exclude itself  from producing housing of social interest, and guarantees greater profitability to commercial undertakings. 

Bioburden proliferation in vehicle air filters waste: the use of gamma radiation on fungal decontamination

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1A) ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMONE AQUINO ◽  
José Eduardo Alves De Lima ◽  
Sueli Ivone Borrely
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Fungal Culture ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
North West ◽  
Blue Solution ◽  
The City ◽  
Irradiation Process ◽  
Total Counting

This study aimed to analyze the fungal contamination of air-conditioning filters waste (n=20) as an indicator of Quality Air Indoor from different car models, that were collected from 10 exchange stations located in the South, North, West, Downtown and East, of the city of São Paulo in São Paulo State, Brazil, during the period from October 2017 to November 2018. Sampling of filter particles (33 fragments of 10 × 10-mm size) were plated onto solidified Potato Dextrose agar in Petri dishes. The samples were incubated for 7 days at 25 °C and were stored in a standard Biochemical Oxygen Demand incubator, for growth of fungal cultures. After incubation, the fungal culture in the plates was evaluated, and the total counting of infected fragments was expressed as a percentage. The fungi were examined by Lactophenol blue solution staining for microscopy. All samples were contaminated with various fungal genera, including Aspergillus, Alternaria, Cladosporium, and Penicillium. The study also aimed to evaluate the fungal enumeration in the samples that were irradiated with dose of 10 kGy to fungal decontamination of air-conditioning filters waste. Of total samples, 50% were completed decontaminated, but some genera such as Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Cladosporium and yeasts demonstrated radioresistance at the dose of 10 kGy. The only yeast called Rhodotorula showed an increase in growth after the irradiation process.

scholarly journals [MOBILI] QUALI[DADE] URBANA: EIXO DE TRANSFORMAÇÃO EM GUAIANASES, SÃO PAULO-SP

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Juliana Barreto Da Silva ◽  
Victor Martins De Aguiar ◽  
Yeda Ruiz Maria
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Far East ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Structuring Element ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The City

There is in the city of São Paulo, since its urbanization in the 19th century, the railway as a structuring element that distinguishes two regions -east and west -under physical and social aspects. Between them, it is evident the unfavorable position of the East Zone in relation to the distance from the center, being the first region to be occupied by the popular, who crossed the territory through the railroad and the great road works of the city, which, since its formation, despised the space available for pedestrians. Today, 2020, in the far east is the district of Guaianases, occupied by the low-income population who, thirty kilometers away from the center, have the train as their main means of access to the east. In addition to the low employment and quality of transportation, the neighborhood has a high percentage of workers who spend more than one hour moving house-to-work; factors that characterize the place as a dormitory neighborhood. In this context, the Station Area appears, located in the axis of neighborhood structuring and which, responsible for configuring the daily displacements of the local population, is assumed as the starting point for the transformation of its space. Therefore, surveys were conducted around the Guaianases station area which, through quantitative and qualitative analysis, made it possible to identify the temporal, physical, and social conditions of its space; in additionto the revision of the current pertinent legislation which, linked to the principles of sustainable transportation, make it possible to explore instruments and policies aimed at local development of the neighborhood and, later, the city.

scholarly journals RECEITAS MUNICIPAIS DE TRANSFERÊNCIAS GOVERNAMENTAIS: estudo das alternativas do gestor municipal para interferir no repasse de recursos do ICMS do Estado de São Paulo.

Revista Foco ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 03
Author(s):  
Marcos Paulo Spinelli ◽  
Rodrigo Mendes Leal
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
State Governments ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Government Transfers ◽  
The City ◽  
And Storage

Este artigo trabalha com a temática das receitas que os Municípios recebem de transferências governamentais, em específico, aquelas oriundas do ICMS arrecadado pelos governos de Estado. Podemos resumir nosso problema de pesquisa em uma questão fundamental: quais as alternativas que o gestor municipal paulista dispõe atualmente para interferir no cálculo do seu índice de participação e incrementar o repasse de recursos do ICMS para seu município ? O trabalho visa identificar os fatores críticos que influenciam o repasse do ICMS recebido pelas prefeituras paulistas. Para tanto será adotada como metodologia a análise de estudo de caso, nos exercícios de 2003 até 2012, na prefeitura de Serrana/SP, pequeno município paulista, onde a estrutura de fiscalização e arrecadação é reduzida. Os resultados apontam possibilidades de obtenção de ganhos substanciais por meio de atuação de forma estratégica do Município no aumento do índice de repasse do ICMS. Concluindo, o presente estudo pode servir de referência para outros municípios de pequeno porte, em especial aqueles localizados no Estado de São Paulo. This article works with the theme of revenue that municipalities receive government transfers, in particular, those from the GST collected by state governments. We can summarize our research problem on a fundamental question: what are the alternatives that the São Paulo municipal manager now has to interfere in calculating your rate of participation and increase the transfer of ICMS resources for your municipality? The work aims to identify the critical factors that influence the transfer of ICMS received by São Paulo municipalities. For that will be adopted as the methodology case study analysis, in fiscal years 2003 through 2012, in the prefecture of Serrana / SP, small city located where the supervisory structure and storage is reduced. The results point to the possibility of achieving substantial gains by acting strategically in the city increased the ICMS transfer rate. In conclusion, this study can serve as a reference for other small communities, especially those located in the State of São Paulo.

scholarly journals Exploring the materialism construct in the context of low-income consumers in the city of Sao Paulo

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Mateus Canniatti Ponchio ◽  
Francisco Aranha ◽  
Sarah Todd
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Probabilistic Sample ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Low Income Consumers

In Brazil, the study of materialism as deined by Belk (1985) or by Richins and Dawson (1992) has been neglected, despite its centrality in the consumer behavior literature. In this paper,two of the main materialism scales available are observed to measure this construct and to test their applicability in the context of low-income consumers in the city of São Paulo. Comparisons based on pilot samples showed that the Richins’ materialism scale (2004) is better adapted to the target population of this study than Belk’s scale (1985). Tests of the relationship between materialism and socio-demographic variables, based on a household probabilistic sample of 450 low-income consumers that live in poor neighborhoodsin the city of São Paulo, reveal coherent results with those of past studies, despite the difference in socio-demographic, economic and cultural environments. In conclusion, it is suggested that the investigation of materialism is conducted in other Brazilian social segments. Moreover, inter-cultural studies are recommended.

scholarly journals A autoadvocacia e a educação sociocomunitária: a pedagogia freireana como norte político de ação visando a efetivação dos direitos dos oprimidos (p. 235-242)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Aparecida Paulino Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
La Caridad ◽  
The City

A resenha analisa uma obra cujo tema central é um estudo sobre a autoadvocacia, fundamentado na aplicação dessa prática com grupos de famílias de baixa renda “assistidos” por uma instituição filantrópica de matriz espírita, localizada na cidade de Campinas, no Estado São Paulo. Este estudo deu-se, metodologicamente, pela pesquisa qualitativa, na modalidade de observação participante, no período de agosto de 2011 a maio de 2012. O autor usou como base fundamental teórica a pedagogia libertadora de Paulo Freire e os princípios da educação sociocomunitária.Palavras-chave: Direito à igualdade. Justiça social e educação. Educação comunitária. Práxis pedagógica.AbstractThe review analyzes a work whose central theme is a study on self-contradiction, based on the application of this practice to groups of low income families “assisted” by a philanthropic institution with a spiritist base, located in the city of Campinas, São Paulo. This study was methodologically based on qualitative research, in the mode of participant observation, from August 2011 to May 2012. The author used Paulo Freire’s liberating pedagogy and the principles of Sociocommunication Education as a fundamental theoretical basis.Keywords: Right to equality. Social justice and education. Community education. Pedagogical praxis.ResumenLa resenha analiza una obra cuyo tema central es un estudio sobre la autoadvocacia, basado en la aplicación de esta práctica con grupos de familias de bajos ingresos “asistidos” por una sede de la caridad espiritualista situado en Campinas, Sao Paulo. Este estudio se llevó a cabo, metodológicamente, la investigación cualitativa, el modo de observación participante, de agosto de 2011 a mayo de 2012. El autor utiliza como base fundamental teórico para la liberación de la pedagogía de Paulo Freire y los principios de la educación socio-comunitaria.Palabras clave: Derecho a la igualdad. La justicia social y la educación. Educación de la comunidad. Praxis pedagógica.

From Insurgent to Transgressive Citizenship: Housing, Social Movements and the Politics of Rights in São Paulo

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCY EARLE
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Historical Examination

AbstractThis article examines the rhetoric and practice of a large social movement organised around low-income housing in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Making explicit the relationship between housing and citizenship, the União de Movimentos de Moradia (Alliance of Housing Movements) articulates a ‘politics of rights’ with which it calls on the state to uphold the constitutional right to housing, and legitimates its high-profile occupations of abandoned buildings in the centre of the city. The article engages with James Holston's historical examination of homeowners’ struggles on the peripheries of São Paulo to assert themselves as rights-holders and to mobilise against threats of eviction. While Holston names these groups of residents ‘insurgent’ citizens for the way they have unsettled entrenched social inequalities, this article presents the concept of ‘transgressive’ citizenship to reflect the challenge the housing movement makes to the state as it uses text-based law to justify building occupations.

Seasonal Variation of Suicide in the City of São Paulo, Brazil, 1996–2010

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hideki Bando ◽  
Fernando Madalena Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
June July ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Background: In light of the few reports from intertropical latitudes and their conflicting results, we aimed to replicate and update the investigation of seasonal patterns of suicide occurrences in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Data relating to male and female suicides were extracted from the Mortality Information Enhancement Program (PRO-AIM), the official health statistics of the municipality of São Paulo. Seasonality was assessed by studying distribution of suicides over time using cosinor analyses. Results: There were 6,916 registered suicides (76.7% men), with an average of 39.0 ± 7.0 observed suicides per month. For the total sample and for both sexes, cosinor analysis estimated a significant seasonal pattern. For the total sample and for males suicide peaked in November (late spring) with a trough in May–June (late autumn). For females, the estimated peak occurred in January, and the trough in June–July. Conclusions: A seasonal pattern of suicides was found for both males and females, peaking in spring/summer and dipping in fall/winter. The scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes warrants promoting more studies in this area.

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