30 de novembro de 2012

Comércio injusto


De acordo com os estudos, são cerca de 130 produtos resultantes de trabalho escravo, provenientes de 71 países.

25 de novembro de 2012

A economia do hamburguer


            Hamburgers: The Economics of America
           

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23 de novembro de 2012

A vida de uma t-shirt



            The Life of a T-Shirt
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21 de novembro de 2012

Catástrofes natuais


Uma pequena animação sobre as catástrofes naturais que afetam o mundo, e as ações necessárias para prevenir os seus efeitos.

10 de novembro de 2012

Da fábrica ao stand de venda


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O mundo em 2060 ou não passar da cepa torta

Espaço, tecnologia e geografia

Um interessantíssimo artigo do jornal The Economist sobre a influência das tecnologias de informação e comunicação na configuração do espaço e na perceção que temos. Aqui.

7 de novembro de 2012

Furacão Sandy na sala de aula

O centro de gravidade económico do mundo

Fonte: The Economist

"IT IS not exactly news that the world's economic centre of gravity is shifting east. But it is striking how fast this seems to be happening. In a new study on the economic impact of urbanisation the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the eponymous consultancy, has attempted to calculate how this centre of gravity has moved since AD 1 and how it is likely to move until 2025. Although the underlying maths (which involves weighting the approximate centre of landmass of a country by its GDP) has to be taken with a pinch of salt, the calculations show that the centre is rapidly shifting east—at a speed of 140 kilometres a year and thus faster than ever before in human history, according to Richard Dobbs, one of the authors of the study. The main reason for this is rapid urbanisation in developing countries, in particular China. As people are moving into cities many are becoming richer, driving further economic growth. Most of this growth will not occur in much-hyped megacities, such as Mumbai or Shanghai, but in what the authors call "middleweight cities". Few in the rich world would be able to identify these on a map. Ever heard of Foshan or Surat, for instance? (Hint: the former is China's 7th-largest city, the latter India's capital for synthetic textiles.)"

6 de novembro de 2012

Consumo de energia no mundo


Um recurso publicado no Guardian online. Para obter os dados estatísticos, clicar aqui.

4 de novembro de 2012

Áreas de risco de inundação em New York

Bond, um agente global



            James Bond: The Ultimate Traveller
           

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Desenvolvimento regional e urbano

 
REGIONAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTS IN PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Editors: Márcio Moraes Valença (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitario- Logoa Nova, Brazil) Fernanda Cravidão, Jose Alberto Rio Fernandes (CEGOT – Universidad do Porto)
ISBN: 978-1-61470-876-6
Pub. Date: 2012- October
Book Description:
In this book, a number of concepts and understandings about 'development' intertwine. Scales, times and human activities are projected onto territories, as to interpret realities. The future of population, the territorial (in)balances and complexity of managing spaces are recurring themes. Regional, sustainable, tourism and historical developments are the major headings under which chapters are organized. Under these headings and in the chapters, a number of themes are treated, including those of economic integration; flows of foreign investments; regional integration; border areas; urbanization; infrastructure provision; mobility; transports; urban sprawl; deprivation and health; poverty; environmental degradation; quality of life; housing; second homes; land use management and heritage. (Imprint: Nova)
Table of Contents:
Contents - pp. i-vii
Regional and urban developments in Portuguese-speaking countries – An introduction - pp. 1-4
Regional Developments
Chapter 1. Iberian market integration: a case study of Spanish investments in Lisbon Metropolitan area (LMA) - pp. 7-28 (Iva Maria Miranda Pires, Universidade Nova de Lisbon)
Chapter 2. Territorial occupation in Eastern Brazilian Amazon – how small cities express regional dynamics - pp. 29-50 (Ana Cláudia Duarte Cardoso, Universidade Federal do Para)
Chapter 3. New urban dynamics and the phenomenon of sprawl in the North Western Iberian peninsula - pp. 51-66 (Lorenzo López Trigal, Jose Somoza Medina, Universidad de León, Spain)
Chapter 4. UNICAMP-The spatial integration of the regional infrastructure in South America - pp. 67-86 (Elói Martins Senhoras, Claudete de Castro Silva Vitte)
Chapter 5. Issues concerning the complexity of urban and rural spaces: Brazilian and South American countries boundaries - pp. 87-96 (Paulo Ricardo da Rocha Araújo)
Chapter 6. Land use changes in Portugal: selected municipalities in the Douro Region - pp. 97-118 (Júlia Maria Lourenço, Cristina Carvalho Danko, Universidade do Minho; Luís Ramos, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Delfim Fernandes)
Chapter 7. Rural real estate tax in the state of Sao Paulo- Brazil: fiscal renunciation and evasion - pp. 119-130 (José Gilberto de Souza, Unesp, Jaboticabal, José Jorge Gebara
Chapter 8. The impact of a main road (IP4) on the development of urban soil use in municipality of Vila Real, Portugal - pp. 131-140 (Delfim Fernandes, Luís Ramos, University of Trás-os Montes e Alto Douro; Júlia Maria Lourenço, University of Minho)
Sustainable Developments
Chapter 9. Daily mobility, transportation and sustainability in Portugal - pp. 143-162 (Paula Cristina Remoaldo, Universidade do Minho; Miguel Pazos Otón, University of Santiago de Compostela)
Chapter 10. Land planning and management policies, urban trends and environmental (un)sustainability. The case of Lisbon metropolitan area - pp. 163-178 (Elisabete Freire, J.L. Crespo, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa)
Chapter 11. Neighbourhood deprivation, social capital erosion and health inequalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal - pp. 179-192 (Helena Nogueira, Universidade de Coimbra)
Chapter 12. USP Guidelines based on sustainable indicators for informal settlement upgrading in environmentally preserved areas => pp. 193-212 (Patrícia Aulicino, Universidade de São Paulo)
Chapter 13. Systemic analysis of environmental degradation in river valleys resulting from urban dynamics - pp. 213-228 (Loreley Garcia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Niedja Lemos, Centro Universitário de João Pessoa - UNIPE)
Chapter 14. Regional markets and equitable development in northern Brazil: urban, metropolitan and frontier farming in the central Amazon - pp. 229-254 (Maria de Souza Mello Bicalho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Scott William Hoefle)
Chapter 15. Geoprocessing technologies in evaluation of sustainable urban development – A case study in the Northeast of Brazil => pp. 255-274 (Reinaldo Antonio Petta, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Cleyber Nascimento de Medeiros, Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econ. do Ceará – IPECE; Paulo Sérgio de Rezende Nascimento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Note; Thomas F. Costa Campos)
Chapter 16. Sports, education and sustainable development: a Brazilian reflection - pp. 275-284 (Renata Osborne, Carlos Alberto Figueiredo da Silva, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira; Sebastião Josué Votre, Universidade Gama Filho - UGF)
Chapter 17. Living places in the city of porto alegre, Brazil. An approach to assessing the quality of residential spaces in the light of the principles of sustainability - pp. 285-308 (Maria Conceição Barletta Scussel, Miguel Aloysio Sattler, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Tourism Developments
Chapter 18. Tropism, the tourism greatest myth - pp. 311-326 (Eustógio Wanderley Correia Dantas, Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Chapter 19. The reflex of tourism on the place´s dynamic - pp. 327-342 (Mauro Lemuel Alexandre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Kátia Simone Santiago Teixeira, CEFET-RN)
Chapter 20. Second-home tourism in coastal risk areas – a Portuguese case - pp. 343-362 (Luísa Pinho, Helena Albuquerque, Filomena Martins, Universidade de Aveiro)
Historical Developments
Chapter 21. Portugal and overseas territories political construction => pp. 365-382 (Rui Paes Mendes, Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (CEGOT), Portugal)
Chapter 22. "In via": revisiting the Franciscan heritage in a quest for new cultural and tourist exchanges - pp. 383-398 (Maria Angélica da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas)
Chapter 23. The city and national integration of Brazil from a historical perspective - pp. 399-422 (Rubenilson Brazão Teixeira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Chapter 24. Order and discipline in the construction of the urban space of the native villages from Rio Grande captaincy – XVIII Century - pp. 423-442 (Fátima Martins Lopes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Chapter 25. Urbane reception of rustic rapine: the place of A Brazilian Mystic in Brazilian studies - pp. 443-454 (Sandra Erickson, Glenn Erickson, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Index - pp. 454-473


Nigéria: dependência petrolífera


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