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A Percepção sobre a água na paisagem urbana: bacia hidrográfica da Barragem Mãe D'Água - Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre/RS
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rangel, Mario Luiz |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | The main objective of the present study is to understand how residents, local workers and users from a urban water basin landscape are aware of the water that surrounds them. The study area comprises the water collection basin Barragem Mãe D ́água, located in the Metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil (RMPA), in the limits of the cities of Porto Alegre and Viamão, RS, Brazil. Our study also aims at attempting to determine whether those people are aware of the fact that the water they use in their homes, in different daily activities, is the same that runs in the water flows close to their houses. Our hypothesis is that the awareness level as to environmental issues, such as local landscape, water, and water cycles, are affected by culture, socioeconomic conditions and education level. The study is based on data from the IQA (Water Quality Index) from three different years (1990/91, 2002 and 2007), when water was collected to have its quality assessed in three different points of the basin. In parallel, we carried out a study about the urbanization process in the area, through Remote Sensing Imaging and photographs of sampling points, dwellings and infra-structure. Focus was given to environmental conditions such as that of water flows. In order to understand and determine the people’s awareness level as to the urban landscape and water present in the area, a questionnaire was created and applied following the semi-structured interview model from Social Sciences. After such data were collected, processed and analyzed, we tested the hypothesis that culture, socioeconomic conditions and education level affect people’s awareness, interfering or mitigating their critical point of view as to environmental issues, as those associated to water in the landscape. Results of the present study will be spatialized over a map that comprises the interviewee’s preferred landscapes, impacts and intervention plans. The main goal is to qualify the urban space, particularly those areas where water is present. Key-words: Water, water resources, landscape awareness, urbanization. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/handle/10183/15720/000682292.pdf;jsessionid=ACF10B529893CE8027E0B05D8DF3306F?sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
