Mercator : Revista de Geografia da UFC  

Henrique Aniceto Kujawa, Neuro Jose Zambam

Housing problems in Brazil are most common among the poorest social layers. Housing policies, which have increased remarkably in the last decade, remain deficient. The acquisition of decent housing goes beyond physical existence, reaching the right to the... see more

Pedro Paulo de Lavor, Ana Rocha dos Santos

This article aims to reflect on the character of space, ontologically as a present reality in the materiality of the social being, and in the theory of knowledge as a philosophical category of analysis of this reality with the diversity of epistemological... see more

Letícia Peret Antunes Hardt, Carlos Hardt, Marlos Hardt

For many reasons, open spaces remain “forgotten” in the functional dynamics of cities. In this scenario, the main objective of this study is to analyze experiences of the use and appropriation of these places, considering the theoretical references pertin... see more

Gladis de Fatima Nunes da Silva, Ivanilton José Oliveira

The occupation process of the savannahs in Roraima which is reflected in an outstanding way in the modification of its landscapes. This study is aimed at analyzing the expansion of agricultural activities and the changes to the landscapes of the savannas ... see more

Estevan Bartoli

Starting from theoretical premises on urban networks in the Amazon that highlight the incomplete character of the cities’ economies and their unconsolidated hinterlands, this proposal discusses the Urban Riparian Territory System (STUR), which is dynamize... see more

Herve Thery, Ana Paula Camilo Pereira

In spite of its similarities with Northern neighbours, the Brazilian Far North was not perceived as belonging to this unit, but often as a remote periphery, given up or left in reserve. But the recent changes, in particular the opening of new roads toward... see more

Paulo Cesar Rocha, Aline Aparecida dos Santos

This work addresses the hydrological behavior in the basins of the Aguapeí and Peixe rivers, which drain part of the region of the Western Plateau of São Paulo state, Brazil. The spatial variation of the water production per unit area in the hydrographic ... see more

Felipe Augusto Scudeller Zanatta, Cenira Maria Lupinacci, Marcos Norberto Boin

This article aims to discuss the erosive problem of the high basin of Areia Dourada stream, Marabá Paulista(SP), through a joint evaluation of the erosive forms with the physical and anthropic variables. From themethodological principles, we analyzed the ... see more

BRUNO CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRA

Federalism as an administrative system of certain states tends to have types of scales in the managementof power that allow a more efficient running of the territory. The (de)centralization of power impacts ondifferent administrative aspects of federative... see more

Aline Biasoli Trentin, Carline Biasoli Trentin, Dejanira Luderitz Saldanha, Tatiana Mora Kuplich

The objective of this work was to analyze and compare spectral indexes in eucalyptus plantations andcorrelate them with precipitation data for the period from 2003 to 2012, in order to assess whether climatechange has an influence on vegetation phenology.... see more

Italo Sousa de Sena, Pedro Benedito Casagrande, Nicole Andrade Rocha, Bráulio Magalhães Fonseca, Ana Clara Mourão Moura

Today, in some Brazilian cities, there is the possibility of using high-resolution data and automated classificationbased on spectral bands. Thus, this article aims to evaluate the association of the NDVI(normalizeddifference vegetation index) to the use ... see more

Maria Angela de Almeida Souza

This article brings together, according to different approaches, the studies that contribute to the recent debate on urban poverty, without intending to exhaust them. It begins with an overview of the conceptions of poverty developed throughout the twenti... see more

Josué Alencar Bezerra, Cícero Nilton Moreira da Silva

This article aims to discuss regional inequalities, especially in less dynamic spaces, observing the newchanges in the territory, which have been evidencing a debate about the countryside-city relationship. Inthis transitional space (urban-rural), various... see more

Gilmar Mascarenhas, Leandro Dias de Oliveira

Over the last four decades, Olympic urbanism has been constantly evolving, producing increasingly onerous large-scale urban projects with high visibility impacts on social and environmental issues in each host city. This article aims to reflect on the nat... see more

Cristina de Marco Santiago

Traditional farmers appropriate land and manage their territories through knowledge adapted to local ecosystems, adopting communal practices and customary rules linked to values common to the traditional way of life. The material and cultural reproduction... see more

Yasmmin Tadeu Costa, Anna Carolina Barcelos, Silvio Carlos Rodrigues

This research consists of a comparative study through the controlled application of fire under different conditions of natural and exotic phytophysiognomy of the Cerrado vegetation area. The area of study is located in Cerrado recovery vegetation and degr... see more

Mauro Henrique Soares da Silva, Messias Modesto dos Passos

A inclusão da análise de sentimentos na abordagem ambiental reflete os diferentes olhares em relação à paisagem de um Território. Sendo assim, com metodologia baseada em entrevistas semi-dirigidas, aplicadas a pantaneiros, habitantes a mais de 20 anos no ... see more

Jean Pierre Bergoeing

A Geomorphologic-tectonic study is done by the author about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Death Sea. This has been a subject of several studies over the centuries. Bible studies that focus on scientific studies today. A geomorphologic appro... see more

Anderson Ribeiro Figueiredo, Claudia Luisa Zeferino Pires, Alvaro Luiz Heidrich

The peripheries of cities and their inhabitants are represented by stigmas which are (re)produced as marks of an immutable stereotype, through derogatory values that blame them for the maladies of the city. However, it is important to investigate whether ... see more

Lisandra Pereira Lamoso

This text aims to promote a reflection on the subject of the privileged geographical location that is credited to the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, analyzing the point of view of its trade relationships, based on the exports of commodities. This essay does... see more

Gildete Evangelista Silva

 This text deals with the colonization, agrarian reform and rural settlement projects in Mato Grosso. Thus, the main objective was to use the life stories and narratives of the participants in the research on the Arinos Valley Settlement Project to u... see more

Monique Helen Cravo Soares Farias, Norma Ely Santos Beltrão, Yvens Ely Martins Cordeiro, Cleber Assis dos Santos

In recent years, it is possible to realize a change in the profile of deforestation in the Amazon, reflecting increasing rates of “little deforestations”, result from the diversification of productive activities related to family farming. In the Amazon, t... see more

Ana Paula Theodoro Biachi, Fernando Cezar Macedo

This text analyses the socioeconomic and territorial impacts arising from the Nova Transnordestina railway construction in the Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco states. The hypothesis is that the investments in its construction have as main purpose to improve a... see more

Márcio Rogério Silveira

The contemporary economic restructuring has two important components that articulated impact on the spatial reconfiguration in Brazilian territory: they are, the state logistics and corporate logistics focused on transportation and functioning as strategi... see more

Esdras Arraes

The scant cartographic information on the processes of occupation and transformation of the sertões of the captaincies (royal land grants) of the North presents challenges to the researchers interested in the subject. The challenge increases with the awar... see more

Caê Garcia Carvalho

This article discusses the spatial dimension of the religious experience between candomblecistas and evangelicals, which involves these agents’ spatial practices and equally, their representations of space. This is done by establishing a parallel between ... see more

Leidiene Souza Alameida, Clay Anderson Nunes Chagas, Edson Marcos Leal Soares Ramos

The objective of this study is to analyze the dynamics of lethal violent crimes in the territory of the neighborhoods of Cidade Nova, Congós, Jardim Felicidade, Marabaixo I, Muca and Novo Buritizal from the perspectives of different social actors intervie... see more

Leda Velloso Buonfiglio

This paper proposes a conceptual debate on housing, by considering it in its several contemporary meanings: need; demand; commodity; collective social right; shortage; and public policy. The first part of the article is marked by a Marxist theory debate b... see more

Larissa da Silva Ferreira Alves, Joseney Rodrigues de Queiroz Dantas, Gilton Sampaio de Souza

This study aims to understand the High West Potiguar as an internal border region, located in Rio Grande do Norte (RN), between the states of Paraiba (PB) and Ceará (CE), scaled by the urban-regional dynamics and led by municipality of Pau dos Ferros/RN a... see more

Sérgio Henrique de Oliveira Teixeira

This work seeks to identify the new practices of transferring the materialities of territories and territorial planning to large corporations. It is hypothesized that in recent years a new type of territorial planning has been established in Brazil, based... see more

Viviane Kraieski de Assunção

The flood of 1974 displaced sixty thousand of the seventy thousand inhabitants of the municipality of Tubarão (SC) and caused the death of dozens of people. The city maintains the memory of the flood through several initiatives, which intensified in the b... see more