Urban

Natal é uma cidade com características ambientais marcantes. A legislação urbanística tem procurado preservar as características da paisagem local delimitando “Áreas de Controle de Gabarito”, destinadas a proteger o valor cênico de algumas partes da cidade. Em 1979, foi criada uma área “Non Ædificandi” para proteger a paisagem da Praia de Ponta Negra, uma das mais famosas vistas da cidade. Desde então, o mercado imobiliário, os construtores e os proprietários da área em questão têm exercido constante pressão no sentido de abolir ou modificar este instrumento legal. Em contrapartida, a administração pública apresentou um novo projeto no qual tenta contemplar interesses públicos e privados. Este trabalho se constitui numa tentativa de inserir a Universidade nessa polêmica. Estudantes de Arquitetura,Planejamento Urbano e Estatística de duas Universidades de Natal (UFRN e UNP), contribuíram com o processo coletando dados e produzindo informações. Ao final os estudantes apresentaram sua solução particular para o problema, no âmbito das disciplinas de Paisagismo e Planejamento Urbano. incorporando-os num debate urbano pungente e atual, através de uma parceria com a Secretaria Municipal de Urbanismo, e apresentarem soluções no âmbito das disciplinas de Paisagismo e Planejamento Urbano.Natal is a city with environment singularities. The urban legislation tried to preserve the features of the local landscape delimiting “Areas for Controlling Building High”, destined to protect the scenic value of some parts of the city. In 1979 was created a “NonÆdificandi” area to protect the scenery of Ponta Negra beach, one of the most famous view of the city. Since this time, the real state market, the building constructers and the land owners of this area have exerted constant pressure in sense to abolish or to modify this legal instrument.Nowadays, the public administration presented a new project which try to answer public and private interests.This paper is the result of an inclusion of the University in this polemic issue. Architecture and Urban Planning and Statistic students of two universities of the city (UFRN and UNP), helped the process collecting data and producing information. The proposed of the investigation was to know the users of this area and their opinion about the subject. It was done together with the Public agency, Secretaria Especial de Meio Ambiente e Urbanismo. At the end, the students presented their particular solutions for the problem, inside the disciplines of Landscaping and Urban Planning

Espaços de lazer em área "non aedificandi": uma experiência didática em paisagismo

Natal is a city with environment singularities. The urban legislation tried to preserve the features of the local landscape delimiting “Areas for Controlling Building High”, destined to protect the scenic value of some parts of the city. In 1979 was created a “NonÆdificandi” area to protect the scenery of Ponta Negra beach, one of the most famous view of the city. Since this time, the real state market, the building constructers and the land owners of this area have exerted constant pressure in sense to abolish or to modify this legal instrument.Nowadays, the public administration presented a new project which try to answer public and private interests.This paper is the result of an inclusion of the University in this polemic issue. Architecture and Urban Planning and Statistic students of two universities of the city (UFRN and UNP), helped the process collecting data and producing information. The proposed of the investigation was to know the users of this area and their opinion about the subject. It was done together with the Public agency, Secretaria Especial de Meio Ambiente e Urbanismo. At the end, the students presented their particular solutions for the problem, inside the disciplines of Landscaping and Urban Planning.Natal é uma cidade com características ambientais marcantes. A legislação urbanística tem procurado preservar as características da paisagem local delimitando “Áreas de Controle de Gabarito”, destinadas a proteger o valor cênico de algumas partes da cidade. Em 1979, foi criada uma área “Non Ædificandi” para proteger a paisagem da Praia de Ponta Negra, uma das mais famosas vistas da cidade. Desde então, o mercado imobiliário, os construtores e os proprietários da área em questão têm exercido constante pressão no sentido de abolir ou modificar este instrumento legal. Em contrapartida, a administração pública apresentou um novo projeto no qual tenta contemplar interesses públicos e privados. Este trabalho se constitui numa tentativa de inserir a Universidade nessa polêmica. Estudantes de Arquitetura,Planejamento Urbano e Estatística de duas Universidades de Natal (UFRN e UNP), contribuíram com o processo coletando dados e produzindo informações. Ao final os estudantes apresentaram sua solução particular para o problema, no âmbito das disciplinas de Paisagismo e Planejamento Urbano. incorporando-os num debate urbano pungente e atual, através de uma parceria com a Secretaria Municipal de Urbanismo, e apresentarem soluções no âmbito das disciplinas de Paisagismo e Planejamento Urbano

Un estudio sobre jardines históricos: manifestaciones del paisaje cultural en la ciudad de Natal/rn, Brasil

This article deals with the Historical Gardens in the city of Natal and ponders: Why do attempts to revitalize our historicalcenter not reach their goals? Why are public open areas abandoned by the population, so that they start deterioratingagain? The study tries to identify, to recognize and to alert for the necessity to preserve the Historical Gardens, tryingto be effective guaranteeing that the historical and cultural landscape remains and will be available for future generations.In order to give an account of history through its urban prints, our research stands between history of everydaylife and cultural geography, choosing culture – ways of life, habits, sense of identity and everyday life– as a componentof the relations between man and the space that surrounds him. Therefore, a historiographic reconstruction was carriedout, using photographic records and literary descriptions, to turn previous morphologic compositions into virtualreality. The procedure shall be adopted in eight parks, previously identified as Natal’s Historical Gardens. The caseof Augusto Severo Square, covered here, deals with a previous restoration during which a large esplanade was built,lacking vegetation and inappropriate given local climate and habits. Since the opportunity of cultural rescue has beenlost, at this moment, we expect that the area will recover its place in people’s memory and daily life.Este trabajo trata de los Jardines Históricos de Natal y cuestiona: ¿Por qué los intentos de revitalización de nuestroCentro Histórico no alcanzan sus objetivos y los espacios libres públicos son abandonados por la población, tornándosenuevamente decadentes? El estudio pretende identificar, reconocer y alertar sobre la necesidad de preservarlos Jardines Históricos, evitando desperdicios y garantizando la permanencia histórica del paisaje cultural para lasgeneraciones futuras. Buscando relatar la historia a partir de sus marcas urbanas, la investigación se coloca entre laHistoria cotidiana y la Geografía Cultural, eligiendo la cultura –modos de vida, costumbres, sentimientos de identidady usos cotidianos – como componente de las relaciones entre hombre y espacio. Para alcanzar tales objetivos, seaplicó una reconstitución historiográfica, partiendo de registros fotográficos y descripciones literarias, con objeto detransformar composiciones morfológicas anteriores en realidad virtual. El procedimiento será adoptado en ocho plazas,identificadas preliminarmente como Jardines Históricos de Natal. El caso de la Plaza Augusto Severo, aquí presentado,alude a una pretendida restauración que resultó en una gran explanada sin cobertura vegetal, inadecuada para elclima y los hábitos locales. Ya perdida, en este momento, la oportunidad de rescate cultural, se espera que el espacioreconquiste su lugar en la memoria y vida cotidiana de la población

Un estudio sobre jardines históricos: manifestaciones del paisaje cultural en la ciudad de Natal/rn, Brasil

This article deals with the Historical Gardens in the city of Natal and ponders: Why do attempts to revitalize our historicalcenter not reach their goals? Why are public open areas abandoned by the population, so that they start deterioratingagain? The study tries to identify, to recognize and to alert for the necessity to preserve the Historical Gardens, tryingto be effective guaranteeing that the historical and cultural landscape remains and will be available for future generations.In order to give an account of history through its urban prints, our research stands between history of everydaylife and cultural geography, choosing culture – ways of life, habits, sense of identity and everyday life– as a componentof the relations between man and the space that surrounds him. Therefore, a historiographic reconstruction was carriedout, using photographic records and literary descriptions, to turn previous morphologic compositions into virtualreality. The procedure shall be adopted in eight parks, previously identified as Natal’s Historical Gardens. The caseof Augusto Severo Square, covered here, deals with a previous restoration during which a large esplanade was built,lacking vegetation and inappropriate given local climate and habits. Since the opportunity of cultural rescue has beenlost, at this moment, we expect that the area will recover its place in people’s memory and daily life.Este trabajo trata de los Jardines Históricos de Natal y cuestiona: ¿Por qué los intentos de revitalización de nuestroCentro Histórico no alcanzan sus objetivos y los espacios libres públicos son abandonados por la población, tornándosenuevamente decadentes? El estudio pretende identificar, reconocer y alertar sobre la necesidad de preservarlos Jardines Históricos, evitando desperdicios y garantizando la permanencia histórica del paisaje cultural para lasgeneraciones futuras. Buscando relatar la historia a partir de sus marcas urbanas, la investigación se coloca entre laHistoria cotidiana y la Geografía Cultural, eligiendo la cultura –modos de vida, costumbres, sentimientos de identidady usos cotidianos – como componente de las relaciones entre hombre y espacio. Para alcanzar tales objetivos, seaplicó una reconstitución historiográfica, partiendo de registros fotográficos y descripciones literarias, con objeto detransformar composiciones morfológicas anteriores en realidad virtual. El procedimiento será adoptado en ocho plazas,identificadas preliminarmente como Jardines Históricos de Natal. El caso de la Plaza Augusto Severo, aquí presentado,alude a una pretendida restauración que resultó en una gran explanada sin cobertura vegetal, inadecuada para elclima y los hábitos locales. Ya perdida, en este momento, la oportunidad de rescate cultural, se espera que el espacioreconquiste su lugar en la memoria y vida cotidiana de la población

Human migration, railways and the geographic distribution of leprosy in Rio Grande do Norte State – Brazil

Submitted by Sandra Infurna ([email protected]) on 2018-01-02T15:15:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 euzenir_sarno_etal_IOC_2016.pdf: 492103 bytes, checksum: 5fcef27563a5e2d28f729b36993f6fd9 (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Sandra Infurna ([email protected]) on 2018-01-02T15:32:52Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 euzenir_sarno_etal_IOC_2016.pdf: 492103 bytes, checksum: 5fcef27563a5e2d28f729b36993f6fd9 (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-02T15:32:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 euzenir_sarno_etal_IOC_2016.pdf: 492103 bytes, checksum: 5fcef27563a5e2d28f729b36993f6fd9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015Hospital Giselda Trigueiro. Natal, RN, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Instituto de Medicina Tropical do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, RN, Brasil /Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Rio de |Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Instituto de Medicina Tropical do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, RN, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Rio de |Janeiro, RJ, Brasil./ Weill Cornell Medical College. Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Global Health. New York, NY, USA.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Departamento de Arquitetura. Natal, RN, Brasil.Instituto Nacional de Seguridade Social. Mossoró, RN, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hanseníase. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hanseníase. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Instituto de Medicina Tropical do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, RN, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais (INCT/DT). Salvador, BA, Brasil.Introduction—Leprosy is a public health problem in Brazil where 31,044 new cases were detected in 2013. Rio Grande do Norte is a small Brazilian state with a rate of leprosy lower than other areas in the same region, for unknown reasons. Objectives—We present here a review based on the analysis of a database of registered leprosy cases in Rio Grande do Norte state, comparing leprosy's geographic distribution among municipalities with local socio-economic and public health indicators and with historical documents about human migration in this Brazilian region. Results—The current distribution of leprosy in Rio Grande do Norte did not show correlation with socio-economic or public health indicators at the municipal level, but it appears related to economically emerging municipalities 100 years ago, with spread facilitated by railroads and train stations. Drought-related migratory movements which occurred from this state to leprosy endemic areas within the same period may be involved in the introduction of leprosy and with its present distribution within Rio Grande do Norte

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data