8 articles in this issue
Marcos Samuel Matias Ribeiro, Lára de Melo Barbosa Andrade, Maria Helena Constantino Spyrides, Pollyanne Evangelista da Silva
Objetiva-se, neste estudo, caracterizar à ocorrência dos desastres naturais das mesorregiões do Nordeste do Brasil, a partir dos aspectos meteorológicos e sociosanitários, considerando o período de 1991 a 2013. Utilizou-se a metodologia Grade of Membershi... see more
Rodrigo Gonçalves de Souza, Adriano Rodrigues de Oliveira
This article proposes that the conceptual parameters of the focus on "Commodity Chains" offer fertile resources for the formulation, exploration, and unraveling of problems in human geography. To this end, an exploratory study was carried out, beginning w... see more
Adekunle John Adesina; Jiangang Zhu
Aims to valuate Africa's forestry and forest products, namely Wood Forest Products (WFPs) and Non-wood Forest Products (NWFPs) in the sixteen (16) West African countries.The study identified a systematic assessment of the most common forest products (wood... see more
Juana Angélica Felipe Fernandes, Laura Charry Cediel, Humberto Rojas Pinilla, Lígia de Nazaré Aguiar Silva
Colombia is a world leader in palm cultivation. The predominance of this monoculture has generated several social and environmental impacts. For this reason, we sought to analyze the relationships between the consolidation of the oil palm agribusiness in ... see more
Eduardo Rocha, Lorena Maia Resende, Adriana Araújo Portella, Ryan Woolrych
Brazil, like other countries in the world, has been showing an increasingly long-lasting population growth. Over the last decade, much research has focused on understanding the complexity and impacts of aging. However, it is still not clear whether there ... see more
Joaquim Pedro de Santana Xavier, Fabrizio de Luis Rosito Listo, Tulius Dias Nery
Even though the occurrences of social and economic losses and fatal victims caused by landslides in Pernambuco are recurrent, one must consider that there is a gap in the systematization of information pertaining to such processes in a georeferenced spati... see more
Maiara Tavares Sodré, Rosangela Aparecida de Medeiros Hespanhol
The theoretical current known as post-development emerged in the 1980s. Its proponents were authors with different analytical focuses and diversified themes, firmly committed to a radical critique of the idea of development. In this regard, this arti... see more
Elvis Christian Ramos
A fundamental geographical argument is that the irruption of significant economic or technical groupings impacts the rhythm and content of transformations in a preexisting space. These forces affect these spaces and are identified in a temporal persp... see more