scholarly journals Emprego de protocolo de avaliação rápida no diagnóstico ambiental de sistemas fluviais: estudo de caso em áreas urbanas de Iconha e Piúma (ES)

GeoTextos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinícius Vieira Pontini ◽  
André Luiz Nascentes Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Rapid Evaluation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Drainage Basins ◽  
Fluvial Systems ◽  
Evaluation Protocol

Bacias hidrográficas são exemplos de recortes espaciais que integram uma visão conjunta do comportamento das condições naturais e das atividades humanas nelas compreendidas, onde ganham destaque a urbanização e suas materializações que, muitas vezes, têm desdobramentos negativos nos sistemas fluviais. Atualmente, o desenvolvimento de ferramentas rápidas e simples para realizar o diagnóstico ambiental preliminar desses sistemas vêm ganhando espaço frente às estações de monitoramento, a exemplo dos Protocolos de Avaliação Rápida (PARs). Logo, este artigo discute as potencialidades de aplicação de um modelo de PAR em áreas urbanas de Iconha e Piúma (ES), no contexto da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Novo. Os resultados apontam que em quatro dos cinco pontos analisados a qualidade ambiental foi classificada como “intermediária”, enquanto no outro restante foi “boa”. A utilização do protocolo mostrou-se, em geral, satisfatória, expondo as vantagens do seu uso para aferir a qualidade ambiental dos rios analisados. Abstract USE OF RAPID EVALUATION PROTOCOL IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSIS OF FLUVIAL SYSTEMS: CASE STUDY IN URBAN AREAS OF ICONHA AND PIÚMA (ES) Drainage basins are examples of spatial arrengements that integrate a joint vision of the behavior of natural conditions and human activities within them, where urbanization and its materializations are highlighted, which often have negative consequences in the fluvial systems. Nowadays, the development of rapid and simple tools to accomplish the preliminary environmental diagnosis of such systems has been conquering space against monitoring stations, like the Rapid Evaluation Records (Protocolos de Avaliação Rápida – PARs). Thus, this study discuss the potentialities of applying a PAR model in urban areas of the municipalities of Iconha and Piúma (ES), in the context of the Novo River Drainage Basin. The results show that in four out of five analyzed points, the environmental quality was classified as “intermediate”, while in the remaining one it was “good”. The use of the PAR model was generally satisfactory, exposing the advantages of its use to designate the environmental quality of the analyzed rivers.

scholarly journals Consequences of Promoting Less-Populated Rural Areas to Urban Areas: A Case Study, Bushehr Province

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Ali Bastin
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Negative Consequences

The modified law of Iranian Administrative divisions has greatly altered the pattern of settlement in recent decades. The promotion of rural areas to urban areas has shifted from mere population standard to combined population-administrative standards. However, all censuses suggest that many rural areas reported as smaller than the minimum population standard have been promoted to urban areas. In the last two decades, this is a clearly prominent phenomenon in the urban system of Iran. This paper evaluates the effects and consequences of promoting small and sparsely populated rural areas to urban areas in the Bushehr province. The used methodology is analytic-descriptive using a questionnaire distributed among 380 members of the target population. Data analysis is conducted in physical, economic, social and urban servicing domains using one-sample T-test and the utility range. The results show that promotion of rural areas to urban areas has positive outcomes such as improved waste disposal system, improved quality of residential buildings, increased monitoring of the construction, increased income, prevented migration and improved health services. However, the results of utility range show that the negative consequences of this policy are more than its positive outcomes, which have been studied in detail.

scholarly journals Environmental Urbanization Assessment Using GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis: A Case Study for Denizli (Turkey) Municipal Area

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Erdal Akyol ◽  
Mutlu Alkan ◽  
Ali Kaya ◽  
Suat Tasdelen ◽  
Ali Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Multicriteria Decision ◽  
The City

In recent years, life quality of the urban areas is a growing interest of civil engineering. Environmental quality is essential to display the position of sustainable development and asserts the corresponding countermeasures to the protection of environment. Urban environmental quality involves multidisciplinary parameters and difficulties to be analyzed. The problem is not only complex but also involves many uncertainties, and decision-making on these issues is a challenging problem which contains many parameters and alternatives inherently. Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a very prepotent technique to solve that sort of problems, and it guides the users confidence by synthesizing that information. Environmental concerns frequently contain spatial information. Spatial multicriteria decision analysis (SMCDA) that includes Geographic Information System (GIS) is efficient to tackle that type of problems. This study has employed some geographic and urbanization parameters to assess the environmental urbanization quality used by those methods. The study area has been described in five categories: very favorable, favorable, moderate, unfavorable, and very unfavorable. The results are momentous to see the current situation, and they could help to mitigate the related concerns. The study proves that the SMCDA descriptions match the environmental quality perception in the city.

scholarly journals Aplicação do protocolo de avaliação rápida (par) na caracterização da qualidade ambiental de trechos do Rio Piumhi, Minas Gerais - Brasil

ForScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e00968
Author(s):  
Eline dos Santos Oliveira ◽  
Júlia Helena Passos Veloso ◽  
Hygor Aristides Victor Rossoni
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Good Condition ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Rapid Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Protocol ◽  
Water And Sediment

Nas últimas décadas, os ecossistemas aquáticos têm sido alterados de maneira significativa. Diante disso, faz-se necessária a conservação dos recursos hídricos. O objetivo deste trabalho é estimar a qualidade ambiental do Rio Piumhi, que já sofreu transposição de suas águas, por meio de protocolo de avaliação rápida das características da água e sedimentos, situação e estado de conservação das margens, matas ciliares, cobertura vegetal e presença de erosão e assoreamento. A aplicação do protocolo gera empoderamento da sociedade quanto à gestão dos recursos hídricos. O protocolo com treze parâmetros foi aplicado em seis locais sujeitos às atividades humanas, na qual foram atribuídas pontuações. Foi possível constatar que três dos seis locais analisados se encontraram em boa, um em ótima e dois em regular condição. A maior parte dos locais apresentou cobertura vegetal nativa degradada, sendo urgente a preservação desse curso hídrico. Palavras-chave: Rio Piumhi. Protocolo de avaliação rápida. Bacia hidrográfica. Application of the rapid evaluation protocol (rep) on the characterization of the environmental quality of the Rio Piumhi sections, Minas Gerais - Brazil Abstract In recent decades, aquatic ecosystems have changed significantly. Therefore, it is necessary to conserve water resources. The objective of this work is to estimate the environmental quality of the Piumhi River, which has already undergone transposition of its waters, by means of a rapid evaluation protocol of water and sediment characteristics, situation and state of conservation of banks, riparian forests, vegetation cover and presence of erosion and siltation. The application of the protocol generates the empowerment of society regarding the management of water resources. The protocol with thirteen parameters was applied in six locations subject to human activities, in which scores were assigned. It was possible to verify that three of the six places analyzed were in good condition, one in excellent condition and two in regular condition. Most of the locations had degraded native vegetation cover, making it imperative to preserve this water course Keywords: Piumhi River. Rapid evaluation protocol. Watershed.

scholarly journals Visual Assessment of Methods of Street Furniture Installation Using Kansei Engineering (Case Study: Benches in the Historical-Cultural Area of Tabriz)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Mohammadali Haddadian
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Visual Assessment ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Public Programs ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Street Furniture

Inappropriate development and rapid growth of metropolitan areas, with no facilities and infrastructure had serious negative consequences on different parts of the city that public programs organization and urban environments, including urban furniture, is considered one Sustainable urban development constructive approach that aimed at improving the quality of urban environment and various human needs. One of the humanitarian needs in urban areas creating a beautiful environment, orderly, attractive and diverse for citizens (Zangiabadi and Tabrizi, 5:2009).Our cities and metropolis filled with a variety of elements and furniture that are ugly and some beautiful that as form and diversity, have little differences in different cities. Nevertheless it can be seen that the appearance and furniture with good design, installed so ugly and carelessly, its placement has changed adornment and lose their visual effects that has adverse effects on the furniture and the beauty of the surrounding environment and which is the importance and necessity of this research.

Aspects about the Environmental Quality Assessment in Urban Areas by Applying Multi-Criteria Analysis Methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 209-218
Author(s):  
Luminița Grecu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Quality Assessment ◽  
West Region ◽  
South West ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Multi Criteria Analysis ◽  
South West Region

The aim of this paper is to make an assessment of the quality of the environment in urban areas based on multi-criteria analysis methods. Three important aspects of the quality of the environment in urban areas are considered in this paper, and an integrated AHP-SAW method is used to assess the quality of the environment. An indicator associated with the quality of the urban environment is proposed. This indicator is used to make a hierarcy of the environmental quality of an urban area over two periods of time. For the case study a city from the south - west region of Romania is chosen.

ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OCCURRENCE OF SICK BUILDING SYNDROME IN SMALL OFFICES IN PENANG, MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ang Qiu Mei ◽  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Sick Building ◽  
The Difference

This study was done to investigate the relationship between indoor environmental quality and prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome in six small offices inPenangIsland. Indoor environmental quality measurement was conducted according to relevant standards. There are totally Sixty workers were selected to participate in an electronic questionnaire survey. Questionnaire was used to record the comfort level of respondents in the case studies and level of sick building syndrome faced by respondents. Through indoor environmental quality measurement, it is found that most of the offices facing the lighting and noise problem. The result from the questionnaire shows that in overall, the occupants satisfy with their working environment in term of indoor environmental quality although the result also shows the opinions of occupants on dissatisfaction on certain indoor environmental parameter according to case study. The study also found that most of the occupants feel drowsy and fatigue when they work within the offices. Besides, due to the difference of the indoor environmental quality of the buildings, the occupants are suffered from different symptoms of the sick building syndrome.

scholarly journals Co-design as a strategy to improve ecological awareness of communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 905 (1) ◽  
pp. 012015
Author(s):  
A Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Ideal Model ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Important Object

Abstract One strategy of communities to easily embrace ecological awareness is by involving directly in the improvement of their environmental quality. This paper discusses the case study research of the co-design process of the neighborhood regeneration project in Kampung Tongkol at the Ciliwung riverbank, Jakarta. This project is carried out collaboratively involving residents of the area and facilitated by ASF (Architecture Sans Frontières) Indonesia. The main important object of this regeneration project is the construction of a self-supporting sample house. This house aims as an ideal model which another neighborhood can replicate. Residents are directly involved in the organizing, the design process, to the construction stage. The primary purpose of regeneration is to improve the quality of the residential environment. The principles of sustainable design are employed as the main guidance from the beginning of the process. This study concludes that the final achievement of this project not only results in a higher quality environment but also raises the ecological awareness of the residents of the neighborhood.

scholarly journals PERAN RUANG TERBUKA HIJAU DALAM PERENCANAAN KOTA SEBAGAI POTENSI PEMBENTUK SMART CITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanny Maria Caesarina ◽  
Nahdi Saubari
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Supporting Element ◽  
Internet Network

Ruang terbuka hijau telah dikenal memiliki peranan yang penting dalam meningkatkan kualitas lingkungan perkotaan. Ruang terbuka hijau dalam perencanaan kota kerap dianggap sebagai elemen pendukung terwujudnya smart city. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan seberapa jauh peran ruang terbuka hijau lewat penyediaan wifi corner dalam perencanaan kota menuju konsep smart city. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif berdasarkan observasi, survey lapangan dan serangkaian wawancara. Studi kasus yang diambil dalam penelitian ini adalah dua kota di Kalimantan Selatan, yaitu Banjarmasin dan Banjarbaru yang telah memiliki konsep smart city. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ruang terbuka hijau dalam perencanaan kota memiliki potensi yang kuat sebagai elemen pembentuk smart city. Apabila ruang terbuka hijau suatu kota telah direncanakan dengan baik dari berbagai segi fasilitas dan terkoneksi dengan jaringan internet yang berkualitas, maka dengan sendirinya konsep smart city akan lebih mudah dicapai. Kata kunci: perencanaan kota, ruang terbuka hijau, smart city, wifi corner. Green space has an important role in enhancing environmental quality of a city. Green space often considered as a supporting element for the concept of smart city. This research intended to acknowledge the role of green space through the installation of wifi corner in urban planning towards smart city. The methods that has been used was descriptive qualitative through observation, field survey and interviews. The case study in this research were Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru which already has the smart city concepts. The result shows that green space in urban planning is a potential element towards smart city. A well good planned green space with all the facilities that connected to a good internet network in a city might help forming the concept of smart city. Keywords: green space, smart city, urban planning, wifi corner.

scholarly journals Quality of life of the elderly population during the virus Covid-19 pandemic with special reference to agriculturists

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1155-1167
Author(s):  
Pavle Radanov ◽  
Ivana Lešević ◽  
Pavle Brzaković ◽  
Dragan Pajić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
The Republic

In the Republic of Serbia, on March 15 th , 2020 Government decided to declare a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the measures was a movement ban for people over 65 in urban areas and those over 70 in rural areas. This research should indicate how people over 65 in urban areas have endured this situation, especially in relation to the same population in rural areas, as well as implications of the movement ban on the quality of life of the elderly population. Special importance is given to the rural population engaged in agriculture. A tool of data collection in this research was anonymous survey. Respondents' answers were statistically processed, which led to clear conclusions about the large negative consequences for the elderly population, including the agricultural activities in rural areas. Covid-19 is still present, which opens further questions related to the quality of life of the elderly population, if necessity for similar measures recurs in the future.

scholarly journals Green Infrastructures in the Peri-Urban Landscape: Exploring Local Perception of Well-Being through ‘Go-Alongs’ and ‘Semi-Structured Interviews’

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6836
Author(s):  
Rocío Santo-Tomás Muro ◽  
Carlota Sáenz de Tejada Granados ◽  
Eva J. Rodríguez Romero
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local Perception ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Environmental Inequalities

Providing conditions for health and well-being, especially for those most exposed to social and environmental inequalities, is a precondition for sustainable development. Green infrastructures in peri-urban areas have the potential to improve the quality of life of locals by fostering healthy practices, providing views, or bringing nature closer to the city. This work explores the local perception of well-being within urban green infrastructures (UGI) in the peri-urban fringe of Madrid (Spain) through a combination of qualitative methods: “go-alongs” and “semi-structured static interviews”. The grounded-theory based codification of the data using NVivo software and their subsequent analysis results in the identification of social, natural, and perceptual elements that prove to play a relevant role in locals’ perception of well-being. Among these, connectivity with other green spaces, panoramic views and place-based memories are aspects that seem to make UGI serve the community at its full potential, including perceived physical and psychological well-being. We identify in each case study both positive characteristics of UGI and dysfunctional aspects and areas of opportunity. Lastly, a methodological, geographical, and theoretical discussion is made on the relevance of the case studies and pertinence of the two interview methods as valuable tools for analysis and intervention in the peri-urban landscape.

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