The aim of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the results of the selected revitalization intention. The introductory theoretical part is generally focused on revitalization, description of its main aims and the reasons, why are revitalization works needed. The practical part is focused on characterization of selected location, in which the revitalization steps were implemented. The main content of this part are calculations volumes of areas of retention places, which resulted from revitalization and the comparison of those areas with the original landscape. Based on those results, it was confirmed that revitalization in the selected location increased the retention capacity of the original riverbed.

The thesis is focused on the issue of floods and the different types of flood protection measures that help to reduce human and material losses during floods. The thesis is divided into theoretical part where the basic concepts and possible solutions to flood control measures in the countryside and in the municipalities are defined. In the practical part there are described and assessed the examples of the flood protection measures in the selected locations. Individual measures are evaluated and compared with other flood control measures in different areas. The thesis also contains photographs depicting the true state of individual flood control measures in the area concerned, where some photographs show these measures also during floods.

Roast moorland one of the unique South Bohemian habitats. Currently, these sites are protected by law and they paid great attention to the media and professional - the general public. Local unique biodiversity is linked to hydrological conditions in the area, they live here rare species of animals and unique diverse plant communities. Despite this fact, a large part of the area previously used for peat extraction. These interventions, however, fundamentally not damage the local area and biological processes. That all changed beginning of the industrial peat extraction, where a large part of the territory forcibly drained, and cut down massively damaged by subsequent mining. Drainage of land degradation brought about significant changes in the local flor, faun and peat. After mining was part of the territory of unprofessional revitalized using improper procedures and are non-native plants such as: Giant cage and others. Since 1998 in this and surrounding areas held a program to rescue these unique habitats revitalization of Šumava wetlands and peatlands. Its main aim is to rescue the damaged wetlands and marshes, groundwater and increase the overall improvement of the water regime in the landscape. This program could involve the general public.

O presente trabalho analisa uma proposta de mudança espacial sobre parte de uma grande área pública da orla da cidade de Porto Alegre. Essa mudança é compreendida a partir de processos de urbanização difundidos em escala global, tais como as manifestações do planejamento estratégico. A proposta incluída no presente estudo visa identificar, na revitalização da área mencionada de Porto Alegre, traços de uma urbanização adaptada às formas do mercado capitalista do século XXI que se desenvolvem sob uma dimensão política a partir de um arranjo entre agentes urbanos monopolistas. A análise contida nesse estudo segue a interpretação de Jean Lojkine para quem a organização monopolista da produção envolve os espaços urbanos com grande destaque no processo de reprodução do capital. Os agentes que promovem esse tipo de modificação nas cidades sob essa lógica de acumulação monopolista são representados por segmentos do Estado e também do grande capital. O estudo indica que a revitalização em curso na orla de Porto Alegre resulta em uma atualização deste espaço para reprodução do capital, mais do que uma demanda da população localizada junto dessa área. / The following study analyses a proposal of spatial changing over a section of a larger public area of the Guaiba lake's margin in Porto Alegre. This changing is comprehended over urbanization processes widespread in global scale as the manifestations of the strategic planning. The proposal included into the present study aims to identify revitalization of the mentioned area of Porto Alegre, with the traces of urbanization adapted to the forms of capitalist market of XXI century that have developed themselves under a political perspective through an arrangement of urban monopolistic agents. The analysis presented in this study follows the interpretation of Jean Lojkine to whom the monopolistic organization of production envolves the urban spaces with a significant importance into the processes of reproduction of capital. The agents that promote this sort of modification of the cities through this logic of monopolistic capital accumulation are represented by segments of State and great capital. The study indicates that the revitalization in course over the Porto Alegre’s margin results in an updating of this space to the reproduction of capital, more than a demand from the population located into this area.

A pesquisa apresenta o estudo de caso da revitalização urbana do desativado Puerto Madero, em Buenos Aires. A reciclagem de antigos espaços portuários deteriorados consiste em um dos principais temas do urbanismo contemporâneo. Devido à atualidade do assunto, o estudo do projeto e da realização de Puerto Madero representa uma experiência referencial para outras cidades em situação semelhante - como Porto Alegre, onde foi desenvolvido o trabalho -, uma vez que cria um precedente exemplar de uma operação efetivada em um contexto latino-americano, no decorrer de um período relativamente curto. Embora a primeira parte do trabalho seja voltada ao conhecimento histórico do porto de Buenos Aires e da sua evolução urbana até os dias atuais, o foco do estudo centra-se na analise do projeto realizado, não só do ponto de vista urbano, como também arqui-tetônico. O estudo do projeto é segmentado em quatro partes, corres-pondentes aos diques do porto, em que se destaca a diversidade dos exemplares existentes na área. Por fim, elegeu-se um determinado número de tipologias representativas, das quais foram examinadas as suas qualidades projetuais. A elaboração de um amplo panorama da operação Puerto Madero possibilitou seu entendimento no contexto metropolitano, histórico, urbano e arquitetônico. / The investigation presents a case study on the urban revitalization of the deactivated Puerto Madero, in Buenos Aires. Recycling deteriorated old portuary places is one of the principals contemporary urbanism themes. As a contemporary issue, the study of Puerto Madero´s project and revitalization represents a referential experience to other cities at similar situation – such as Porto Alegre, where this work was developed-, once it creates an exemplar precedent context, during a relatively short period. Although the first part of the investigation was oriented to the Buenos Aires port’s historical knowledge and its urban evolution until the present days, the investigation’s focus is centered in the analysis of the executed project , not only by the urban point of view, but also the architectural. The project’s studies is segmented in four parts, correspondent to the docks ports, which stand out the diversity of existing exemplars in the area. Finally, a determined number of representative typologies were chosen, being their projectual’s qualities evaluated. The elaboration of a vast panorama of Puerto Madero´s operation allows the understanding of it metropolitan, historical, urban and architectural context.

Este projeto insere-se no campo da sociologia do trabalho, procurando contribuir com a discussão acerca do presente e do futuro do sindicalismo, conectado aos estudos de revitalização sindical. O sindicalismo no setor público, particularmente após o final da década de 1980, desenvolve-se através da assunção de caráter sindical das associações de servidores públicos, da influência do novo sindicalismo sobre as classes médias e do ambiente político das lutas pela democratização do Brasil pós-ditadura. Assim formou-se Sindicato dos Municipários de Porto Alegre (SIMPA), objeto empírico do presente trabalho, o primeiro sindicato de municipários legalizado no Brasil. As temáticas em torno das reformas e da persistência da estrutura sindical, em um contexto de terceirizações na administração pública, assim como a consideração por boa parte da literatura de que o movimento sindical passa por uma crise instiga à investigação das ações sindicais confrontadas à discussão da suposta crise ou declínio. Através de um estudo de caso estendido, analisamos a emergência de novas práticas sindicais, buscando, no resgate das experiências do SIMPA, conexões com o que alguns autores têm chamado de ―sindicalismo de movimento social‖, no que tange à relação do sindicalismo clássico com os novos protestos e movimentos que tem surgido em nossos tempos. / This project, developed in the field of Sociology of Work, aims to cooperate with the discussion about the current and future unionism, connected to the Labour Revitalization Studies. Syndicalism in public sector, especially in the end of 1980‘s, was developed with the assumption of the union character of the civil servants trade unions, also with the influence of the new unionism over middle classes and the policy environment of the struggles for democratization in Brazil after dictatorship. That‘s how it was formed SIMPA, a union trade of civil servants of Porto Alegre City, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. SIMPA was the first union trade of municipal workers legalized in the country, and it is the empirical object of this research. Themes such as reforms and the persistence of the union structure, in a context of outsourcing in public administration, as well as the assumption for a large part of literature that union movement was passing through a crisis, are some elements that instigate the investigation of union actions face to the discussion of a supposed crisis or decline. With an Extended Case Method, we analyze the emergence of new unionism practices. Rescuing the experiences of SIMPA, we search for connections to with some authors have called ―Social Movement Unionism‖, about the relations between classical unionism and new demonstrations and movements that have been arising in our times.

Most of the innovations of the Tunica language happen in a top-down manner, with a core group of people mostly from outside of the tribe hashing out neologisms, internally consistent rules, and accessible educational materials. While many of the tribal children, especially teenagers, experience interest in learning and participating in cultural traditions such as crafts, storytelling, and powwow, most of the shaping and development of the language has up to this point happened out of their sight. This is beginning to change with multiple strategies to include students more directly in the creation of neologisms, encouragement to take ownership of their language and culture, and attempts to reframe all participants young and old as simultaneously “speakers” and “learners.” Ideologies of identity, language, education, and academic expertise all combine to create this unique Tunica reawakening experience.

xxii, 995 p. A print copy of this thesis (with two accompanying DVD videos) is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Since 2005, I have been working with members of the Kari'nja community of Konomerume, Suriname to document, describe, preserve, and revitalize their heritage language, the Aretyry dialect of Kari'nja (Cariban family). Simultaneously, I have worked to develop, pilot, and articulate a model of field research that depends on participation from speech community members. This dissertation combines exposition of this model of field research with presentation of a large body of the results from the application of that new model. Ethnically Kari'nja, Konomerume community members have witnessed a decline in language use in recent generations. Although I work primarily with members of the Konomerume community, a village on the banks of the Wajambo River in Suriname, in recent years, I have expanded my work to include two other communities in the region, Corneliskondre and Kalebas Kreek. My work with Kari'nja community members concerns four broad, interrelated areas of endangered languages research, each described in a section of the dissertation. Following Chapter 1, which provides an orientation to the dissertation as a whole, Chapter 2 reviews strengths and problems with prior models of fieldwork, then proposes a new model of fieldwork with members of Indigenous communities. Chapter 3 demonstrates some of the linguistic results of our work together in Konomerume, offering a more pedagogical overview of some aspects of Kari'nja grammar followed by more academic descriptions of nonverbal predication and an innovative main clause progressive construction. Chapter 4 addresses how documentation can be combined with applied linguistics to support revitalization through formal language teaching. Finally, Chapter 5 describes the documentary corpus that is found in the appendices, explaining procedural steps used in creating the corpus and outlining the actual documentary products that we have produced. The Appendices are the concrete representation of the body of collaborative work that the Kari'nja community and I have done together. They include DVD videos, a substantial collection of transcribed, translated, and grammatically annotated texts in multiple genres, a dictionary, a pedagogical grammar sketch, and a curriculum guide for formal teaching of introductory Kari'nja. / Committee in charge: Spike Gildea, Chairperson, Linguistics; Eric Pederson, Member, Linguistics; Susan Guion, Member, Linguistics; Janne Underriner, Member, Linguistics; Brian Klopotek, Outside Member, Anthropology

Relatar com breve revisão bibliográfica o histórico dos processos de revitalização nos centros urbanos e a sua denominação como gentrificação, aprofundando-se na cidade de Porto Alegre ao identificar os processos mais marcantes nesta área, propondo ações da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul para maior interação entre as ações da Universidade e dos gestores da cidade. Para tanto, foram descritos exemplos de alguns processos em grandes centros, até o foco principal deste trabalho, que se encontra encontra-se na área central de Porto Alegre e no traçar de paralelo com as ações de revitalização da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Este trabalho foi dividido em três capítulos: o primeiro, intitulado “Gentrificação: sua concretização ao longo das últimas décadas como tendência e fonte de planejamento urbano nas grandes cidades no mundo e no Brasil”, no qual foram descritos exemplos deste processo em alguns grandes centros mundiais e no Brasil, enumerando os processos mais recentes e em fase de planejamento ou execução classificados pelos poderes públicos envolvidos como fonte de revitalização de seus espaços, notadamente em sua área central. O segundo capítulo, intitulado “A origem, crescimento e algumas das atuais ações de revitalização da cidade de Porto Alegre”, narra a história da formação e crescimento da cidade de Porto Alegre e descreve as principais ações de revitalização executadas e em fase de execução na área central da cidade. Já o terceiro capítulo, intitulado “A distribuição geográfica dos prédios históricos da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e o projeto Resgate do Patrimônio Histórico e Cultural da UFRGS: histórico e perspectivas”, descreve o projeto de resgate do patrimônio histórico da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e a revitalização de seus prédios a partir de 1999, procurando demonstrar que o ensino, a pesquisa e extensão proporcionados pela instituição podem aliar-se de forma mais dinâmica nos processos em andamento e futuros da cidade aos gestores públicos, contribuindo com o saber de seus mestres, doutores e pesquisadores, para o planejamento e execução das ações de revitalização de forma a “humaniza-las”, sem prejuízos para a busca de uma economia dinamizada, bem como oferecendo ferramentas em métodos de estudos, trabalhos e pesquisas de seus alunos de maneira ativamente participativa no desenvolvimento saudável da cidade de Porto Alegre. / Report with brief literature review the history of the revitalization process in urban centers and its name as gentrification, deepening the city of Porto Alegre to identify the most significant processes in this area, proposing actions of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul to most interaction between the actions of the University and the city managers. To do so, they were described examples of some processes in large centers to the main focus of this work, which is in the central area of Porto Alegre and draw a parallel with the revitalization actions of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. This work was divided into three chapters: the first, entitled "Gentrification: its implementation over the past decades as a trend and source of urban planning in big cities in the world and in Brazil," in which were described examples of this process in some major world centers and in Brazil, listing the latest processes and in the planning stages or execution classified by the public authorities involved as a source of revitalization of its spaces, particularly in its central area. The second chapter, entitled "The origin, growth and some of the current actions of revitalization of the city of Porto Alegre", tells the story of the formation and growth of the city of Porto Alegre and describes the major revitalization actions taken and being implemented in central area of the city. The third chapter, entitled "The geographical distribution of the historic buildings of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the project rescue of the Historical and Cultural Patrimony of UFRGS: history and prospects," says the bailout bill the heritage of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the revitalization of its buildings since 1999, trying to demonstrate that teaching, research and extension provided by the institution can ally itself more dynamically in the processes ongoing and future city public managers, contributing the knowledge of their masters, doctors and researchers for the planning and execution of revitalization actions in order to "humanize" them, without harming the search for a streamlined economy and providing tools to study methods, work and research their students to actively participatory manner in the healthy development of the city of Porto Alegre.

O trabalho aborda a atuação do mercado imobiliário em centros urbanos. Parte da constatação de que as áreas centrais das cidades vêm passando por processos de esvaziamento populacional, evasão das classes de maior renda e de comércio de maior hierarquia, concomitantemente à aparição de características de degradação e deterioração nos seus espaços. Mais recentemente, as áreas centrais vêm sendo alvo de políticas de revitalização urbana, buscando reverter quadros de deterioração e estagnação. Busca-se questionar como esses processos de transformação estão repercutindo no mercado imobiliário das áreas centrais, comparativamente aos demais bairros. O objetivo do trabalho é avaliar o desempenho do mercado imobiliário no Centro Histórico da cidade de Porto Alegre, identificando sua evolução e dinâmicas recentes. Inicialmente o trabalho caracteriza o Centro nos seus aspectos socioeconômicos e demográficos, bem como apresenta as principais ações e políticas de revitalização incidentes nessa área. Na sequência, analisa o mercado de imóveis novos e usados para comercialização e locação, com base na quantidade de ofertas e nos preços, no período de 2007 a 2011. Os resultados mostram que o Centro de Porto Alegre ainda mantém indicadores de qualidade, infraestrutura e acessibilidade importantes. O mercado imobiliário de imóveis novos no Centro de Porto Alegre, apesar de pouco representativo na quantidade total da cidade, tem praticado mudanças no tipo e no valor dos imóveis lançados, apontando na direção de uma revalorização imobiliária. O mercado de imóveis usados apresentou-se extremamente relevante para o conjunto da cidade em termos quantitativos, focando-se ainda prioritariamente em perfis de renda média e média-baixa. Os processos de revitalização e investimentos públicos e privados realizados no Centro também estão tendo seu papel na formação de um contexto de valorização do Centro como local de trabalho e também para a moradia de determinados perfis populacionais. / The paper discusses the performance of the real estate market in urban centers. It departs from the premise that the central areas of cities are currently undergoing processes of depopulation, flight of higher income social classes, and the departure of high-end commerce and that this has been concomitant with the appearance of features of degradation and deterioration. More recently, central areas have been the focus of urban revitalization policies that seek to revert decay and stagnation. This researchexplores how these processes are impacting the real estate market in the central areas as compared to other districts. The objective is to evaluate the performance of the real estate market in the historic center of Porto Alegre by identifying its evolution and recent dynamics. First, the research characterizes the center in terms of its socioeconomic and demographic features, and also presents the principle revitalization actions and policies in the area. Next, it analyzes the market for new and used properties for sale and lease based on the number of offers and prices during the period between 2007 and 2011. The results show that the center of Porto Alegre still maintains indicators of quality infrastructure and accessibility. The real estate market of new buildings in downtown Porto Alegre, although not representative of the city, has undergone changes in the type and value of the property released pointing toward an increase in real estate value. The real estate market for used buildings was extremely relevant in quantitative terms in the city, being focused mainly on income profiles of middle to lower-middle income occupants. The processes of revitalization and public and private investments made in the center have a had a role in creating a context of appreciation of the center as a workplace and a place of residence for certain population profiles.