<p><p>Lehtikunnas, Katri Johanna (2009). <em>Pelotas</em><em> as seen through the eyes of its street children. An empirical investigation of the child-friendliness of a midsize Brazilian city.</em> Human Geography, advanced level, master thesis for master exam in Human Geography, 30 ECTS credits.</p><p>Supervisor: Maria Nordström</p><p>Language: English</p><p> </p><p>The aim of this study was to understand the lives of the street children in Pelotas in Southern Brazil. Utilizing multi-method approach I have outlined normal days of these children. Observation, semi-structure interviews individually and in focus groups and walking tours with twelve street children provided vast knowledge about the geographies of their activities and locational choices. This study illustrates the picture the street children have of their city. The conceptual framework of this study is based on the concepts of child-friendly cities and attachment to place. The results analyzed by using these concepts reveal the extremely challenging situation of street children in the margin of society. Settings for a good and balanced life may be there, but actualization of those settings is trivial. Abuse, violence, drugs, discrimination and misunderstanding frame their everyday life. Possibilities to live a normal life are minimal. In this light child-friendliness of Pelotas is evaluated. Based on the results, I claim that these concepts cannot be directly applied to street children. To be able to improve the livelihoods of these children a key tool is cooperation with them. The projects need to be designed and planned <em>with</em> them, not <em>for</em> them. Collaboration between the children and the mainstream society is needed to get sustainable results.</p></p>

Lehtikunnas, Katri Johanna (2009). Pelotas as seen through the eyes of its street children. An empirical investigation of the child-friendliness of a midsize Brazilian city. Human Geography, advanced level, master thesis for master exam in Human Geography, 30 ECTS credits. Supervisor: Maria Nordström Language: English   The aim of this study was to understand the lives of the street children in Pelotas in Southern Brazil. Utilizing multi-method approach I have outlined normal days of these children. Observation, semi-structure interviews individually and in focus groups and walking tours with twelve street children provided vast knowledge about the geographies of their activities and locational choices. This study illustrates the picture the street children have of their city. The conceptual framework of this study is based on the concepts of child-friendly cities and attachment to place. The results analyzed by using these concepts reveal the extremely challenging situation of street children in the margin of society. Settings for a good and balanced life may be there, but actualization of those settings is trivial. Abuse, violence, drugs, discrimination and misunderstanding frame their everyday life. Possibilities to live a normal life are minimal. In this light child-friendliness of Pelotas is evaluated. Based on the results, I claim that these concepts cannot be directly applied to street children. To be able to improve the livelihoods of these children a key tool is cooperation with them. The projects need to be designed and planned with them, not for them. Collaboration between the children and the mainstream society is needed to get sustainable results.

Master of Arts / Department of Geography / Jeffrey S. Smith / In a matter of minutes, a small, western Kansas community by the name of Greensburg was over 95% destroyed by a tornado. After the storm, the community’s civic leaders decided to rebuild Green. As a result, the modified cultural landscape no longer resembled the once familiar town that was viewed as a place of attachment by its predominantly elderly population. The purpose of this thesis is to better understand how the May 4th, 2007, tornado affected the elderly’s emotional connection to Greensburg. To identify how the town’s landscape changed I used before and after photographs. In order to more fully comprehend how their attachment to the community has changed, interviews were conducted with several elderly residents who rebuilt in Greensburg, as well as those who moved away. The results suggest that the elderly experienced a significant change in their bond to the town. Typically the elderly did not embrace going Green and focused more on retaining their memories of how the town used to be. Most significant to their development and change in place attachment were the relationships they developed and maintained with fellow community members. Overall, it was the people that made Greensburg home and a place of attachment. When many of them left for good after the tornado, the elderly’s place attachment to Greensburg was forever changed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:51:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MonicaAGS_DISSERT.pdf: 2402066 bytes, checksum: f23f2c0bbb436365f7ce10c3cfc34b08 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-10 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The competition among tourist destinations environmental generates the emergent need to find different strategies to close down if the purpose of delight and retain their visitants. A customer satisfaction, loyalty and the development of attachment to place form a solid compound in search of promotion a tourist destination. This study presents the general objective analysis of the relationship between attachment to place, satisfaction and loyalty of visitors, in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha / PE. Therefore, a model will be used as reference, where they will be analyzed various constructs related to attachment to place, satisfaction and loyalty, as well as the relations between them. The methodology used in the study consists of an exploratory, descriptive, where the sample is random and consists of individuals who visited Fernando de Noronha on a pre-defined period of ten days. Based on a sample table, we defined a quantitative equivalent of 246 questionnaires, which will be applied when the visitor leaves the destination, the departure lounge of airport. A proposal focuses on the possibility to get results able to understand the subjective and intriguing relationship that involves the triad attachment to place, satisfaction and loyalty, trying to thus provide subsidies for optimizing environmental tourist destination / A competitividade entre os destinos tur?sticos ambientais gera a emergente necessidade de encontrar estrat?gias diferenciadas que tenham o prop?sito de encantar e reter seus visitantes. A satisfa??o do cliente, sua fideliza??o e o desenvolvimento de apego ao lugar formam um composto s?lido na busca da promo??o de um destino tur?stico. O estudo em quest?o, apresentou como objetivo geral uma an?lise, da rela??o entre apego ao lugar, satisfa??o e fidelidade dos visitantes, no Arquip?lago de Fernando de Noronha/PE. Para tanto, foi utilizado um modelo como refer?ncia, onde foram analisados v?rios construtos ligados ao apego ao lugar, satisfa??o e fidelidade, assim como suas rela??es entre si. A metodologia utilizada na realiza??o do estudo consiste em uma pesquisa explorat?ria, descritiva, sendo a amostra aleat?ria e composta por indiv?duos que visitaram Fernando de Noronha no per?odo de 30 de abril de 2013 a 03 de maio de 2013. Baseando-se em uma tabela amostral, definiu-se um quantitativo equivalente a 246 question?rios, que foram aplicados no momento que o visitante abandonou o destino, no sal?o de embarque do aeroporto. Os resultados demostram que os visitantes de Fernando de Noronha neste per?odo apresentaram-se satisfeitos com o destino. A sua grande maioria, 90,5% est? visitando o Arquip?lago pela primeira vez e demonstrou pretens?o de retorno e de indica??o, o que nos remete a uma poss?vel fideliza??o do destino

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Submitted by Marilene Donadel (marilene.donadel@unioeste.br) on 2018-06-05T23:45:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabricio_Rufato_2018.pdf: 1993386 bytes, checksum: 1ee5b8f9c494afe436df9803cf753fc0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-05T23:45:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabricio_Rufato_2018.pdf: 1993386 bytes, checksum: 1ee5b8f9c494afe436df9803cf753fc0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-15 / The environmental relationship in children provides greater welfare in childhood favoring greater human development and quality of life. Thus, this dissertation aimed to analyze if the items of the Place Attachment (PAS), Place Identity (PIS) and Environmental Satisfaction (CESS) in children are predictors of Personal Welfare (PWI-SC). The study included 886 children, and 54.13% girls and 45.87% boys with a mean age of 10.66 years (SD 0.62). Two studies were carried out: first a quantitative study, where as instrument were used the scales of Attachment to Place (PAS) α = 0.78, Place Identity (PIS) α = 0.79, Child Satisfaction (CESS) α = 0.66, α = 0.62 and Personal Well-Being Index-School Children (PWI-SC) α = 0.74. Data were analyzed quantitatively through multiple linear regression (Stepwise Method) and Student's t-Test. The results indicated that the items (environmental satisfaction), I am satisfied with the cleanliness of the school; I am happy when I am in contact with nature; I am satisfied with the separation of the trash (recycling) in my house; I am happy when I spend time with animals; and the items (attachment to the place), I would be very sorry if I had to move to another neighborhood and, I like to live in my neighborhood, are able to explain 25% of personal welfare in children. The average of welfare, attachment to the place and environmental satisfaction were compared by gender, and there was a significant difference only in the connectivity factor for the environmental satisfaction scale. The boys presented higher averages in this construct, which can be explained by the fact that they play more outside the house than the girls, in activities like fishing, activities with the parents, to ride of bicycle, etc. Subsequently, in the second article, a quantitative and qualitative study was carried out. The means of personal well-being by schools were compared through the t-test and Anova, and the results indicated significant differences between schools in the items related to health, safety, relationships with people, and things they have. Finally, the children's perception of the environment in which they live and the concepts of welfare, attachment to place, place identity and environmental satisfaction were analyzed qualitatively through the focal group technique. Four groups of the sixth year, from four schools of the public network of Cascavel-PR, located in the central, intermediate and peripheral regions participated in the research. It was found that children relate the influence of attachment and place identity to well-being, as well as being aware of environmental problems and cited attitudes toward daily actions of environmental intervention. This dissertation has helped to draw attention to the importance of the environment for children, as well as the importance of considering these issues in school, family and public policy, in order to promote a better quality of life for children. / O relacionamento ambiental em crianças proporciona maior bem-estar na infância favorecendo maior desenvolvimento humano e qualidade de vida. Assim, esta dissertação teve como objetivo analisar quais variáveis relativas ao apego ao lugar, identidade de lugar e satisfação ambiental são preditoras de bem-estar pessoal. Participaram do estudo 886 crianças, sendo 54,13% meninas e 45,87% meninos com média de idade de 10,66 anos (DP 0,62). Foi realizado dois estudos: primeiro um estudo quantitativo, onde como instrumento foram utilizadas as escalas Apego ao Lugar α=0,78, Identidade de Lugar α=0,79, Escala Infantil de Satisfação Ambiental (α=0,66, α=0,62) e Personal Well-Being Index-School Children α=0,74. Os dados foram analisados quantitativamente, através de regressão linear múltipla (Método Stepwise) e Teste t de Student. Os resultados indicaram que os itens (satisfação ambiental), estou satisfeito com a limpeza da escola; fico feliz quando estou em contato com a natureza; estou satisfeito com a separação do lixo (reciclagem) na minha casa; fico feliz quando passo tempo com os animais; e os itens (apego ao lugar), eu sentiria muito se tivesse que me mudar para outro bairro e, eu gosto de viver no meu bairro são capazes de explicar 25% do bem-estar pessoal em crianças. As médias do bem-estar, apego ao lugar e satisfação ambiental foram comparadas por sexo, sendo que houve diferença significativa apenas no fator conectividade para a escala de satisfação ambiental. Os meninos apresentaram maiores médias nesse construto, o que pode ser explicado pelo fato de brincarem mais fora de casa do que as meninas, em atividades como pesca, afazeres com os pais, andar de bicicleta, etc. Posteriormente, no segundo artigo, foi realizado estudo quantitativo e qualitativo. Comparou-se as médias do bem-estar pessoal por escolas através do Teste t e Anova, sendo que os resultados indicaram diferenças significativas entre as escolas nos itens relacionados à saúde, segurança, relacionamento com as pessoas, e coisas que possuem. Por fim, analisou-se qualitativamente a percepção das crianças em relação ao ambiente em que vivem e sobre os conceitos de bem-estar, apego ao lugar, identidade de lugar e satisfação ambiental, através da técnica do grupo focal. Participaram quatro turmas do sexto ano de quatro escolas da rede pública de Cascavel-PR, localizadas nas regiões central, intermediária e periférica. Constatou-se que as crianças relacionam a influência do apego e da identidade de lugar ao bem-estar, como também possuem consciência dos problemas ambientais e citaram atitudes voltadas a ações cotidianas de intervenção ambiental. Essa dissertação contribuiu para chamar atenção sobre a importância que o meio ambiente adquire para as crianças, e também a relevância em serem consideradas essas questões no âmbito escolar, familiar e de políticas públicas, para promoverem maior qualidade de vida para as crianças.

This study is a degree project in Information Design with a focus on Spatial Design. The aim has been to gain an understanding of the residents' relationship to the city of Fuengirola through methods and theories. This with the goal of developing a public environment that leads to an increased sense of place while respecting and informing about a culture that is de-prioritized in favor of fast-growing tourism. The work inspects, from a perspective of Critical Regionalism and Sense of Place, the meaning of an authentic cultural experience and how it can be communicated through a spatial design.   Methodical work has been carried out where interviews, photo studies, site analyses and an analysis of these have led to answers regarding which factors the residents of Fuengirola feel most attached to and which aspects have been lost over time. The results concluded that the attachment to place and the place identity that Fuengirola generates are based on interactions, traditions, and social gatherings, where the beach and tourism play a leading role. The sense of place is also strengthened through materials from a former room, as they still have a cultural importance today. The collected empirical evidence in combination with the theories has been the basis for a design proposal. The proposal involves a concept of different passages that reflects the activities and interactions that have characterized a room of the past and the factors that created an attachment to the place among the inhabitants. This degree project only visualizes part of a selected street to give an example of how these streets can potentially benefit an increased sense of place, place identity and connection to place in the city of Fuengirola. / Denna studie är ett examensarbete inom Informationsdesign med inriktning Rumslig Gestaltning. Syftet har varit att genom metoder och teorier få en förståelse för invånarnas relation till staden Fuengirola. Detta med målet att utveckla en offentlig miljö som leder till en ökad platskänsla samtidigt som den respekterar och informerar om en kultur som bortprioriteras till förmån för en snabbväxande turism. Arbetet inspekterar, ur ett perspektiv av Kritisk Regionalism och Sense of Place, innebörden av en autentisk kulturell upplevelse och hur den kan kommuniceras genom en rumslig utformning. Ett metodiskt arbete har bedrivits där intervjuer, fotostudier, platsanalyser samt en analys av dessa har lett till svar inom vilka faktorer som Fuengirolas invånare känner mest anknytning för samt vilka aspekter som förlorats genom tiden. Resultaten kommer fram till att den platsanknytningen samt den platsidentitet som Fuengirola genererar har sin grund i interaktioner, traditioner och sociala sammankomster, där strand och turism bär en ledande roll. Platskänslan stärks även genom material från ett dåtida rum, då de har fortfarande en kulturell vikt idag. Den insamlade empirin i kombination med teorierna har legat som grund för ett gestaltningsförslag. Förslaget innebär ett koncept av olika stråk som reflekterar de aktiviteter och interaktioner som har präglat ett dåtida rum och de faktorer som skapat en platsanknytning hos invånarna. Detta examensarbete visualiserar endast del av en utvald gata för att ge ett exempel på hur dessa stråk kan eventuellt gynna en ökad platskänsla, platsidentitet och platsanknytning i staden Fuengirola. / <p>En del bilder har inför publicering suddats ut på grund av upphovsrättsliga skäl. </p>