Geotouristic Tour by the Historic Center of the Rio de Janeiro City: Geopoetics by the curves of carioca waters

Terr Plural ◽

10.5212/terraplural.v.15.2114539.010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Bernardo Perrota ◽

Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira Ponciano

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Historic Center ◽

Different Origins ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

The landscape of Rio de Janeiro manifests a controversial relationship between urbanization and geodiversity, which can be unveiled through geotouristic tours around the city. The local geodiversity set limits and provided possibilities for the occupation of the city, as observed in the transformations during its urbanization and in the presence of rocks and fossils of different origins in the local buildings and monuments. To stimulate the conservation and dissemination of the Natural and Cultural Heritage, the Geotouristic Tour by the Historic Center of the City of Rio de Janeiro was structured to highlight the relationships between geodiversity and urbanization through the integration of Geosciences, History, and Arts

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Space-time clusters of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika cases in the city of Rio de Janeiro

10.1101/521591 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Laís Picinini Freitas ◽

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz ◽

Rachel Lowe ◽

Marilia Sá Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Vector Control ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Space Time ◽

Scan Statistics ◽

Scan Statistic ◽

Timely Manner ◽

The North ◽

Spatio Temporal ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

AbstractBrazil is a dengue-endemic country where all four dengue virus serotypes circulate and cause seasonal epidemics. Recently, chikungunya and Zika viruses were also introduced. In Rio de Janeiro city, the three diseases co-circulated for the first time in 2015-2016, resulting in what is known as the ‘triple epidemic’. In this study, we identify space-time clusters of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, to understand the dynamics and interaction between these simultaneously circulating arboviruses in a densely populated and heterogeneous city.We conducted a spatio-temporal analysis of weekly notified cases of the three diseases in Rio de Janeiro city (July 2015 – January 2017), georeferenced by 160 neighbourhoods, using Kulldorff’s scan statistic with discrete Poisson probability models.There were 26549, 13662, and 35905 notified cases of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, respectively. The 17 dengue clusters and 15 Zika clusters were spread all over the city, while the 14 chikungunya clusters were more concentrated in the North and Downtown areas. Zika clusters persisted over a longer period of time. The multivariate scan statistic – used to analyse the three diseases simultaneously – detected 17 clusters, nine of which included all three diseases.This is the first study exploring space-time clustering of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in an intraurban area. In general, the clusters did not coincide in time and space. This is probably the result of the competition between viruses for host resources, and of vector-control attitudes promoted by previous arbovirus outbreaks. The main affected area – the North region – is characterised by a combination of high population density and low human development index, highlighting the importance of targeting interventions in this area. Spatio-temporal scan statistics have the potential to direct interventions to high-risk locations in a timely manner and should be considered as part of the municipal surveillance routine as a tool to optimize prevention strategies.Author summaryDengue, an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, has been endemic in Brazil for decades, but vector-control strategies have not led to a significant reduction in the disease burden and were not sufficient to prevent chikungunya and Zika entry and establishment in the country. In Rio de Janeiro city, the first Zika and chikungunya epidemics were detected between 2015-2016, coinciding with a dengue epidemic. Understanding the behaviour of these diseases in a triple epidemic scenario is a necessary step for devising better interventions for prevention and outbreak response. We applied scan statistics analysis to detect spatio-temporal clustering for each disease separately and for all three simultaneously. In general, clusters were not detected in the same locations and time periods, possibly due to competition between viruses for host resources, and change in behaviour of the human population (e.g. intensified vector-control activities in response to increasing cases of a particular arbovirus). Neighbourhoods with high population density and social vulnerability should be considered as important targets for interventions. Particularly in the North region, where clusters of the three diseases exist and the first chikungunya cluster occurred. The use of space-time cluster detection can direct intensive interventions to high-risk locations in a timely manner.

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Chironomid larvae inhabiting bromeliad phytotelmata in a fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842010000300015 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 70 (3) ◽

pp. 587-592 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

VM. Sodré ◽

O. Rocha ◽

MC. Messias

Keyword(s):

Rain Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Metropolitan Areas ◽

First Record ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Chironomid Larvae ◽

Numerical Abundance ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro State ◽

Janeiro City

A study of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) occurring in phytotelmata of Bromeliaceae was carried out in a fragment of the Atlantic Rain Forest in an area of the city of Magé, Pau Grande, one of the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro City, during a period of 13 months between September 2006 and September 2007. Eight samplings were performed at intervals of 1 ½ months and the content of the phytotelmata of the bromeliad species Neoregelia concentrica (Vellozo) L.B. Smith, 1934 and Aechmea nudicaulis (Linnaeus) Grisebach, 1864, were examined. A taxonomical inventory and evaluation of the numerical abundance of Chironomidae larvae were performed in 50 specimens of the bromeliads, being 13 individuals of N. concentrica and 37 of A. nudicaulis. Three taxa of Chironomidae belonging to three distinct subfamilies were recorded: Polypedilum sp., Orthocladiinae genus A and Monopelopia sp. A total of 293 individuals of Chironomidae, were recorded, being 9 Polypedilum sp., 233 Orthocladiinae genus A, and 51 Monopelopia sp., the latter representing the first record of Monopelopia in phytotelmata in Rio de Janeiro State. Considering all samples, a mean density of 3.32 ± 2.62 chironomid larvae per phytotelmata was recorded. There was a positive relationship between the chironomid abundance and both precipitation and the volume of water in the phytotelmata. Apparently there is no preference by the chironomids regarding the colonistion of the bromeliad species.

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GLOBAL BECAUSE A SLAVEHOLDING ORDER: AN ANALYSIS OF THE URBAN DYNAMICS OF RIO DE JANEIRO BETWEEN 1790 AND 1815

Almanack ◽

10.1590/2236-463324ed00519 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ynaê Lopes dos Santos

Keyword(s):

Atlantic World ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Social Dynamics ◽

Global Dynamics ◽

Urban Dynamics ◽

Important Center ◽

The One ◽

Different Origins ◽

Political Economic ◽

The City

Abstract Rio de Janeiro stands out as one of the few cities in the Atlantic world that have managed to bring together characteristics so particular and at the same time revealing of the global dynamics that marked the last decades of the eighteenth century and the first fifty years of the next century. On the one hand, its political centrality became evident with its elevation to the thirst for colonial power (1763), its transformation into the Court of the Lusitanian Empire (1808) and its choice as the capital of the Brazilian Empire (1822), the portion “Versailles Tropical “Of Rio de Janeiro coexisted with a city that, in the words of an English traveler, more seemed the” heart of Africa “; with blacks and blacks of different origins, performing an innumerable number of activities that yielded to Rio de Janeiro the honorable title of the largest slave city in the Americas. More than harming foreign travelers unaccustomed to everyday slavery, or creating practices of “little Africa” in its territory, the strong presence of Africans and their descendants under the aegis of slavery reveals yet another facet of Rio de Janeiro: a locus of the world, in which identities, trajectories and senses of the city were in dispute. The purpose of this paper is precisely to understand the political, economic and social dynamics that characterized Rio de Janeiro as an important center of this Afro-Atlantic world

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PRIORIDADES PARA ÔNIBUS NOS PLANOS DE SINCRONISMO: O CASO DO RIO DE JANEIRO

TRANSPORTES ◽

10.14295/transportes.v4i1.293 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paulo Cezar Martins Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Field Trial ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

City Centre ◽

Signal Timing ◽

Traffic Situation ◽

Bus Priority ◽

Traffic Composition ◽

The Uk ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

O objetivo deste artigo e descrever os resultados alcançados na implantação dos planos semafóricos calculados pelo programa TRANSYT, sugeridos pelo manual do programa, quando prioridades para os ônibus nas vias principais do Rio de Janeiro são consideradas nos cálculos. Os critérios e facilidades apresentados no programa para estas prioridades tiveram como base o comportamento do trafego na Inglaterra e Escócia, onde o programa foi desenvolvido e modelado. São realizadas comparações entre a composição típica do trafego na Inglaterra e no Brasil, realizadas analises das experiências de priorizar ônibus (ou outro tipo veículo) em outras situações e países. E feita uma analise dos resultados obtidos na implantação de planos de sincronismo com prioridades para ônibus, conforme recomendado pelo manual do TRANSYT, através da comparação de várias situações relativas às simulações dos padrões e modelos de trafego, bem como tipos de planos de sincronismo simulados. Finalmente são apresentadas as soluções temporárias encontradas para o uso dos pianos de sincronismo e a indicação da necessidade de estudos específicos para a solução definitiva do problema.ABSTRACTThis paper describes the results achieved when signal timing plans calculated by the TRANSYT program with bus priority are used with the values suggested by the program manual. The field trial was in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The criteria and facilities presented by the program manual for that kind of priority were based on the behavior of the traffic in the UK where the program was developed and modeled. There are comparisons between the traffic composition in the UK and 13razil, analysis of the previous experiences in bus (or other kind of vehicles) priorities, in other type of traffic situation and countries. There is an analysis of the results achieved when the signal timing plans calculated as the manual of TRANSYT suggests are implemented in the Rio de Janeiro city centre. This is made by comparisons between several scenarios regarding different patterns of traffic and traffic signal plans. Finally, it is presented temporary solutions to be used in the calculation of signal timing plans and the need for research required for more permanent achievements.

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STRATEGY FOR EXTRACTION OF FOURSQUARE’S SOCIAL MEDIA GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THROUGH DATA MINING

Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas ◽

10.1590/s1982-21702019000100005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Paula Fernandez Costa ◽

Irving da Silva Badolato ◽

Rogério Luís Ribeiro Borba ◽

Julia Celia Mercedes Strauch

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Hot Spot ◽

Spatial Analyses ◽

Data Filtering ◽

Historic Sites ◽

Using Data ◽

The City ◽

South Zone ◽

Janeiro City

Abstract This aim of this paper is the acquisition of geographic data from the Foursquare application, using data mining to perform exploratory and spatial analyses of the distribution of tourist attraction and their density distribution in Rio de Janeiro city. Thus, in accordance with the Extraction, Transformation, and Load methodology, three research algorithms were developed using a tree hierarchical structure to collect information for the categories of Museums, Monuments and Landmarks, Historic Sites, Scenic Lookouts, and Trails, in the foursquare database. Quantitative analysis was performed of check-ins per neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro city, and kernel density (hot spot) maps were generated The results presented in this paper show the need for the data filtering process - less than 50% of the mined data were used, and a large part of the density of the Museums, Historic Sites, and Monuments and Landmarks categories is in the center of the city; while the Scenic Lookouts and Trails categories predominate in the south zone. This kind of analysis was shown to be a tool to support the city's tourist management in relation to the spatial localization of these categories, the tourists’ evaluations of the places, and the frequency of the target public.

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Plant blindness on climbing trails in Rio de Janeiro City Conservation Units

Research Society and Development ◽

10.33448/rsd-v9i2.2186 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. e151922186

Author(s):

André Micaldas Corrêa ◽

Wayler Muiños Piñeiro Neto ◽

Luiz Anastácio Alves

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Rocky Outcrops ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

The city of Rio de Janeiro presents several rocky outcrops, considered climbing sites, but presenting a characteristic, complex and sensitive flora. The present study aimed to survey flora and climber knowledge concerning the local vegetation in three Conservation Units in the city. A total of 44 species from 19 botanical families were identified by our group in climbing and track trails. As climbers are important users of these routes, 60 responded questionnaires to identify the possible presence of botanical blindness. Over 90% of the interviewed climbers understood the importance of conservation units and see the plants surrounding the trails, but were unable to identify most species. Therefore, plant blindness was identified, despite climber respect for nature. In addition, gaps were noted concerning climbing course contents on Botany and Environment in the assessed protected areas.

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Circulation of the rabies virus in non-hematophagous bats in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2001-2010

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ◽

10.1590/s0037-86822012000200008 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 180-183 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Claudius Couto Cabral ◽

Ana Carolina Nunes de Morais ◽

Alba Valéria de Almeida Barcelos Dias ◽

Marcela Garcia Araújo ◽

Wildeberg Cal Moreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rabies Virus ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Animal Health ◽

Control Measures ◽

Control And Prevention ◽

And Control ◽

The City ◽

Rabies Diagnosis ◽

De Medicina ◽

Janeiro City

INTRODUCTION: Rabies is one of the most known lethal zoonosis, responsible for 55,000 human deaths per year. It is transmitted to humans mainly by the bite of domestic or wild animals infected with the virus. This paper shows the circulation of this virus in non-hematophagous bats in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: A survey was performed on the number of bats that had been sent for diagnosis by the Seção de Virologia of the Instituto Municipal de Medicina Veterinária Jorge Vaitsman and were positive for rabies. The positive animals were identified, and the isolated viruses were sent for antigenic typification with indirect immunofluorescence. The results were compared with the antigenic panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. RESULTS: During 2001-2010, the laboratory received 555 non-hematophagous bats for rabies diagnosis, with 198 (35.7%) from Rio de Janeiro City. A total of 11 (5.5%) animals were positive for this disease. Antigenic typification revealed the predominance of variant 3 in 9 (81.8%) of the isolated viruses; 1 virus was classified as variant 4 and 1 variant was identified that segregated with the viruses in insectivorous bats. CONCLUSIONS: The data obtained in this study showed the presence of the rabies virus in synanthropic populations of non-hematophagous bats in the City of Rio de Janeiro. The circulation of this agent in these animals represents a serious risk to human and animal health and requires attention and control measures by the authorities.

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New structure in the historical context case study: contemporary shopping mall in the historic center of Prizren

Pollack Periodica ◽

10.1556/606.2020.15.1.22 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 233-240

Author(s):

Besa Jagxhiu

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Historical Context ◽

The Other ◽

Shopping Mall ◽

Historic Center ◽

Economic Needs ◽

Contemporary Architecture ◽

The City

Abstract The historic centers to retain their liveliness and vibrancy should be able to grow and change. It is a big challenge for the contemporary architecture to balance the socio-economic needs of the city and its community in one hand, and protection of the cultural heritage on the other. The aim of this study is to analyze the incorporation of the new structures in the historical context. How can the new structures harmoniously be incorporated in the historic centers without endangering their cultural heritage values? The paper discusses how to design a new contemporary shopping mall in the Historic Center of Prizren in order to create an attractive area and at the same time avoiding deterioration of the historical place.

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Parque Natural Municipal da Paisagem Carioca: ecoturismo e sustentabilidade

Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (RBEcotur) ◽

10.34024/rbecotur.2014.v7.6388 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Laura Sinay ◽

Maria Cristina Fogliatti de Sinay ◽

Ingrid Almeida de Barros Pena

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Protected Area ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Biological Research ◽

The Public ◽

Natural Park ◽

Long Course ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

Por conta dos megaeventos, da relativa pacificação da cidade e do consequente aumento do fluxo turístico no Rio de Janeiro, foi previsto que o número de visitantes nas áreas protegidas cariocas duplicará entre 2012 e 2014, trazendo novos desafios à gestão das unidades de conservação do Rio de Janeiro. Assim, diferentes estratégias estão sendo colocadas em prática para aumentar a efetividade da conservação, quais sejam a criação do Mosaico Carioca, grupo gestor que cuida da gestão conjunta das quase trinta áreas protegidas da cidade, a implantação de uma trilha de longo curso e a redefinição dos limites das unidades já criadas. Nesse contexto, a Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente e Conservação do Rio solicitou à Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO um estudo sobre o uso público e sobre diferentes estratégias de gestão para três unidades justapostas e praticamente abandonadas pelo poder público, as Áreas de Proteção Ambiental dos Morros São João e Babilônia e Leme e Urubu, e do Parque Estadual do Chacrinha. Esse estudo foi o 1o a especificamente diagnosticar os usos dessa ‘ilha natural’ em meio a urbes carioca e a propor a união dessas três unidades em um Parque, fundamentado nas potencialidades do ecoturismo, incluindo a proteção da natureza, a educação ambiental e a geração de emprego e renda para a população do entorno. Esse Parque, denominado Parque Natural Municipal da Paisagem Carioca, foi criado pelo prefeito do Rio de Janeiro em Junho de 2013, sendo o 1o no Brasil a ser criado com base em estudos sociais / turísticos e não em estudos biológicos / ambientais, rompendo, assim, um velho paradigma. Este artigo apresenta alguns dos resultados do estudo mencionado. Tendo como foco o uso público atual, a saber ecoturismo, educação ambiental e atividades de lazer ao ar livre, este artigo apresenta as três unidades e avalia cinco diferentes estratégias de gestão. Municipal Natural Park of Carioca Landscape (RJ, Brazil): ecotourism and sustainability ABSTRACT Due to the megaevents planned for the next years, to the pacification of the city and to the consequent increase in the tourism flow visiting the city of Rio de Janeiro, it was foreseen that the number of visitors in the cariocas’ protected areas would duplicate between 2012 and 2014, bringing new challenges to the management of the mentioned areas. Thus, different strategies to increase the effectiveness of conservation are being applied. For example, a management group, namely Carioca Mosaic, was established to allow joint management of Rio’s thirty protected areas, a long course track is being implemented and the limits of the areas are being redefined. In this context, the Environment and Conservation Department of the Rio de Janeiro City requested to the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO studies about the public use and management of three protected areas largely abandoned by the public power. These units are: São João and Babilonia Mounts Protected Area, Leme and Urubu Mounts Protected Area and the Chacrinha State Park. This present study is the first one to diagnose the use of this "natural island" and to propose their junction in one Park. This proposal was based on ecotourism potentialities, such as the protection of nature, environmental education and of job and income generation for nearby populations. This article presents the three mentioned protected areas and the evaluation of five different management strategies, pointing out the best one of then, which was the creation of the Municipal Natural Park of the Carioca Landscape, already inaugurated by the major of the Rio de Janeiro City in June 2013. This is the first Brazilian Park created based on tourism social studies and not on environmental and biological research, breaking, thus, an old paradigm. In this paper, the three natural areas are presented and five different managerial strategies are evaluated. KEYWORDS: Protected Areas; Ecotourism; Adaptive Management.

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