Dans une société où il est plutôt normal de passer beaucoup de temps assis, nous étudions, à partir de l’aménagement, l’intégration de l’activité physique de loisirs et de transport dans les activités et les lieux du quotidien. Cette intégration est relativement peu étudiée dans sa globalité car elle nécessite de prendre en considération les facteurs de l’environnement physique et social, les deux types d’activité physique, les différents lieux fréquentés quotidiennement et elle pose en ce sens de nombreux défis d’ordre méthodologique. Cette vue globale du phénomène s’impose car de plus en plus de recherches font état d’associations entre des dimensions spécifiques de l’aménagement et des comportements précis; occasionnellement, ces résultats se contredisent. Pour comprendre le phénomène, nous sommes partis du modèle écoenvironnemental et l’avons adapté pour mieux représenter la mobilité de la population. Nous avons conséquemment choisi une unité d’analyse comprenant le territoire résidentiel, le territoire du milieu de travail et le trajet entre les deux. Ainsi, en utilisant plusieurs sources de données, nous avons caractérisé des milieux comme étant contraignants ou facilitants pour l’activité physique et les personnes y résidant comme étant suffisamment actives ou pas. Nous avons ensuite fait ressortir les éléments importants des entrevues en fonction de cet appariement. Parmi les thèmes explorés en entrevue, nommons les caractéristiques de l’environnement physique qui ont de l’importance, l’impact de l’environnement social au travail et au domicile, la logique sous-jacente aux courses, etc. Les principaux résultats de cette recherche démontrent que les usagers du train de banlieue font suffisamment d’activité physique en dépit qu’ils résident en banlieue. En ce sens, notre échantillon est plus actif que la moyenne québécoise. Nous remarquons que l’influence de l’environnement est manifeste mais sous le principe des vases communicants, c'est-à-dire que le pôle résidentiel et le pôle des emplois ont tous deux des contributions qui s’avèrent très souvent complémentaires. L’influence de l’environnement social passe par le rôle signifiant des proches plutôt que par leur proximité géographique tandis que l’aménagement a une énorme contribution à rendre les parcours agréables et, de ce fait, donner une plus-value au temps requis pour les emprunter. La vocation des milieux, le type de marche et le sens qu’y voient les usagers doivent guider le design; il n’y a donc pas qu’une formule ou une seule prescription pour augmenter le potentiel piétonnier et/ou cyclable des milieux. Cela dit, les outils de caractérisation doivent être revus. En conclusion des pistes de développements futurs à cette recherche sont proposées. / In a society where it is quite normal to spend much time sitting, we study from an environmental design standpoint, the integration of physical activity for recreation and transportation activities and everyday places. This integration is relatively little studied in its entirety because it requires taking into consideration the factors of physical and social environment, both types of physical activity, the various places visited daily and it puts in that many challenges of methodology. This overview of the phenomenon is needed because more and more researches have reported associations between specific dimensions of the built environment and specific behaviours, and these results are occasionally contradictory. To understand the phenomenon, we set the eco environmental model and have adapted to better represent the population mobility. We have therefore chosen a unit of analysis including the residential area, the area of workplace and travel between the two. Thus, using multiple data sources, we characterized the community as restricting or facilitating physical activity and people living there as being sufficiently active or not. We then highlighted the important elements of interviews based on this pairing. Among the themes explored in the interview, characteristics of the physical environment that are important, the impact of the social environment at work and at home, the logic underlying the errands, etc. Key findings of this research show that users of the commuter trains are sufficiently active although they live in the suburbs. In this sense, our sample is more active than the provincial average. We note that the influence of the environment is obvious but under the principle of communicating vessels, that is to say that the residential pole and employment center has both a contribution that is often complementary. The influence of the social environment is through the significant role of relatives rather than by their geographical proximity while environmental design has a huge contribution to make the journey enjoyable and thereby give an added value to the time required to use them. The purpose of environments, the type of walking and the expectations of the users must guide the design. Consequently, there is not one formula or one single prescription to increase the walkability of the community; that being said, the characterization tools must be tailored. In conclusion, ideas for future developments following this research are proposed.

Syftet med denna studie är att analysera spoken word texter för att undersöka vardagsproblem i dagens svenska förorter och vetenskapliggöra de sociala kontexterna till de olika vardagsverkligheterna som beskrivs i texterna. Vidare syfte är även att se vilken betydelse poesi och spoken word kan ha för människor i utsatta områden, samt på vilket sätt kan spoken word öka dessa människors känslor av delaktighet och erkännande. För att uppnå syfte har det genomförts narrativ metod för tolkandet av sju spoken word texter. Vid tolkning av texterna har det använts en intersektionell analys. Även en intervju har genomförts för att få djupare förståelse för studiens bakgrund. Analysen av empirin kommer att ha sin teoretiska utgångspunkt i begreppet vardagsverklighet och de olika strukturerna som formar ramarna till de olika vardagsverkligheterna. Mikropolitiska aktiviteter kommer även att analyseras som ett sätt att göra motstånd i det vardagliga livet, och för att förstå motstånd i relation till makt så har denna studie utgått ifrån Foucaults maktperspektiv. Resultatet visar att poeternas vardagsverkligheter präglas av postkoloniala samhällsstrukturer och att de jämnt bemöter fördomar från det övriga samhället. Intersektionell analys på maktstrukturer blir användbar då det visar sig att tjejerna inte känner sig hörda och sedda i förort som för killar symboliserar trygghet. Spoken word ökar inte bara självreflektion och känslan av empowerment men kan även bli ett sätt att göra motstånd mot dessa strukturer och visa en motbild till den bilden av förorter som resten av samhället har.

Através do futebol de rua jogado no bairro da Penha em São Paulo, esta pesquisa tentou compreender a crise da cidade e do lúdico no processo de urbanização da sociedade. O entendimento desta problemática foi abordado em duas etapas, a primeira destinou-se à reinterpretação da história do futebol brasileiro dando ênfase ao futebol improvisado, costumeiramente denominado pelada. Na segunda etapa, foi analisada a psicogeografia da infância e do uso da rua na cidade. O que exigiu o estudo do cotidiano na metrópole atrelado ao fim da vida de bairro e ao predomínio do automóvel sobre a rua. / It was through the street football played in the Penha district, São Paulo, that this research attempted to understand the crisis of the city and the ludic in the urbanization of society. The comprehension of this problematic was adressed in two stages, the first one intended to reinterpret the history of brazilian football with emphasis on improvised football, frequently called pelada. In the second stage, the focus was the psychogeographic analysis of childhood and street use in the city. This required the study of everyday life in the metropolis linked to the end of neighborhood life and the car supremacy on the streets.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:34:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Darlene Limongi Borges.pdf: 3421499 bytes, checksum: 969acb28ba57adaefb5262165ed6e065 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-21 / The prime proposal of this essay is to exercise an exchange of different scholars ideas about the structure of urban areas. A bibliographical research becomes the basic compilation of selected surveys: Henri Lefebvre who points out that the social construction occurs whenever there is a demand; Le Goff and his analysis about medieval cities; Sandra Pesavento in her perception that a city is an objective reality, holder of history and memory; Milton Santos and his view on the urban space; Lewis Mumford tracing the history of cities; among many other references that are compiled in this assessment. Thus, discerning a city becomes essential for understanding overlaps of the forms and functions which the urban spaces attain, as well as the role of the city in this process. In order to discuss the main subject of this essay closed horizontal residential condominiums an initial time report was conceived involving medieval and industrial cities. Also, the opportunity to identify the role of city walls surrounding medieval towns, as well as the origin of the modern outskirts. These two images wall and suburb are references for a deeper glimpse about horizontal residential condominiums. In relation to the point of view given to urban areas and the condominiums, there is a proposal of a brief history of the city of Goiânia. Thus, the recognition of a city growth process leads to the notion of new forms and functions the city attains. Therefore, it is necessary to notice that the appearance of these horizontal condominiums is causing a new perspective about the outskirts of the modern cities. Without any intention of overtiring this theme, this paper becomes an invitation for questioning about initiatives that are taken in the cities, as well as envisaging new ideas, new aboding options and familiarity. So, first and foremost, the attempts are presented for the addition of a new prospection to the rhetorical, depictions, dreams, shadows and misgivings related to the city of Goiânia and its new guise. / Este estudo traz como proposta inicial o exercício de dialogar com diferentes estudiosos a tessitura da urbe. Tendo como base uma pesquisa bibliográfica, no alinhavar das leituras propostas, o trabalho considera a visão dos seguintes autores: Henri Lefebvre, pontuando que a construção da sociedade urbana ocorre enquanto há sua procura; Le Goff, com abordagem sobre as cidades medievais; Sandra Pesavento, na percepção de que a cidade é uma realidade objetiva, detentora de história e memória; Milton Santos, com o olhar sobre o espaço urbano e Lewis Mumford, tracejando a história das cidades; dentre outras referências que fazem parte da reflexão. Conhecer a cidade torna-se indispensável para a compreensão das sobreposições de formas e funções que o espaço urbano adquire, assim como o papel do urbano nesse processo. Para discutir o mote principal do estudo condomínios horizontais fechados foi feito inicialmente um recorte temporal, envolvendo as cidades medievais e industriais, oportunidade para identificar o papel das muralhas nos enclaves medievais, bem como a origem dos subúrbios. A leitura dada às cidades industriais objetivou a compreensão da dinâmica socioeconômica, que representou a proliferação dos subúrbios. As duas imagens muralha e subúrbio são referenciais para o olhar projetado sobre os condomínios horizontais. Entre a leitura dada à urbe e aos condomínios horizontais, o estudo propõe um breve histórico da cidade de Goiânia, visto que identificar o processo de formação e crescimento de uma cidade favorece a concepção de novas formas e funções que a urbe adquire, assim como, amplia a percepção de que a presença dos condomínios horizontais está induzindo a uma nova leitura sobre a periferia urbana. No entanto, longe de esgotar a temática, este estudo é um convite ao questionamento sobre iniciativas que o urbano toma para contemplar seu imaginário, sua opção de moradia e convivência. Portanto, antes de tudo, os esforços estão em acrescentar um novo olhar ao discurso, representações, sonhos e sombras que orlam Goiânia em uma nova roupagem.

O presente trabalho é um estudo sobre a configuração do espaço penhense a partir, sobretudo, da consideração de práticas sociais que marcaram a história dessa porção da cidade de São Paulo. O entendimento desta problemática passa pela análise das continuidades e descontinuidades históricas e das relações de vizinhança, enquanto referência de vida de bairro, que deram à Penha certa originalidade em relação aos demais bairros de São Paulo. O período abrangido no estudo se estende desde a formação do patrimônio religioso e o estabelecimento da freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Penha, até a metropolização, momento de grande ruptura marcada pelo fim da vida de bairro na localidade. O estudo destaca três momentos: a constituição da Penha enquanto bairro rural; a constituição da Penha enquanto subúrbio; e a constituição da Penha enquanto bairro da cidade de São Paulo. A compreensão das transformações espaciais na Penha e de todo o conjunto acima descrito só é possível se realizam se tivermos em mente a cidade e seus processos (industrialização e urbanização) enquanto instauradores do modo de vida urbano. Com isso acreditamos também estar contribuindo para a compreensão do desenvolvimento urbano da cidade de São Paulo. / The present work is a study about the configuration of the penhense space from, over all, the consideration of social practices that marked the history of this portion of the São Paulo city. The agreement of this problematic pass through analysis of the historical continuities and discontinuities and the neighborhood relations, while reference of neighborhood life, that had given to Penha some originality in relation to others neighborhood of São Paulo. The period enclosed on the study extends since the formation of the religious patrimony, establishment of the Nossa Senhora da Penha parish, until the metropolization, moment of large rupture marked for the end of the neighborhood life in the locality. The study point out three moments: the constitution of Penha while rural neighborhood; the constitution of Penha while suburb; and the constitution of Penha while neighborhood of the São Paulo city. The comprehension of the space transformations on the neighborhood of Penha and all set described above have only accomplished if we have in mind the city and its processes (industrialization and urbanization) while founders of the urban way of living. With this we also believe to be contributing for the understanding of the urban development of the city of São Paulo.

<p>The emerging Swedish suburbs of the 1960- 1970s started out as a utopian vision: a new city for the modern people. Media presented a different view and emphasized the inhuman livingenvironment and the social problems of the suburbs. Nationwide there have been local attempts to avoid this negative publicity by adjusting identified suburban problems. Due to medial presentation the suburbs are still associated with segregation, criminality and social problems. The presentation of suburbs and immigrants affects not only the process of integration and the general public idea of integration processes, but also the individual perception of themselves and their living. Media have opened on to a collective discrimination of the neighborhood and its inhabitants. This essay aim to contribute to the understanding of how identities arise and are maintained when people are associated with certain geographical spaces, that is suburbs. The majority of the Swedish study of suburban discrimination and segregation takes place in the periphery off ocused on Andersberg, a suburb in a smaller city called Halmstad. It is a typical high-rise, concrete suburb with a high density of immigrants and unemployment. This essay has studied the power structures in the language regarding Andersberg, to discover the discriminating construction of suburban otherness. A postcolonial perspective illustrates how the perception of the suburb and its inhabitants is constructed as in the Swedish society. Discrimination and segregation is a result of the general public perception of the suburban inhabitants as criminal, uncivilized and patriarchal.</p><p><em>the big cities. This essay has<em>others, and consequently perceived as aliens</em></em></p>

<p>The purpose with this study was to describe and analyse the daily activities of a criminal group in a southern suburb of Stockholm, Norra Botkyrka, and their attitude to drugs, the police, crimes in general, accomplices and their plans for the future. The study is a combination of different qualitative methods that is built on unobtrusive methods and interviews that was carried out during winter in 2006 and spring in 2007 and six interviews. My interest to carry out this study was grounded on my several years of experience as a prison and probation officer in the prison. I chose to “live” with a group of criminals and participated in some of their social activities.</p><p>The respondents that I chose to call “anti-heroes” proudly tell me about their criminal lifestyle that characterizes of violence, drugs, crimes and conflict where this people show no regret. The readers of this study will be able to do an insight into the criminals’ daily activities. I choose to describe the respondents tough and “tragically” growth and their attitude to the drugs, conflicts, the police, accomplices, women, future and their spot in society. The results of this study will show that the majority of the respondents had a bad growth and comes from torn families, where the most of them began early with drugs and crimes. The organisation of the gang gives a shifting view from what appears to be an organised and structured gang to a disorderly gang with a lot of conflicts. The respondents are so hardly anchored to their criminal lifestyle that an adjustment to normal life, for the majority of them, is next to impossible.</p>

This thesis addresses resilience for the future of Canadian suburbs, through the lens of buildings and food, particularly against the backdrop of peak oil and climate change. Food access is an integral part of how a city sustains itself. There is growing evidence that the current global food system, the one that feeds many cities today, is “broken” or at least at risk. It has, in the past, produced an abundance of food. It has also brought along a number of unintended consequences, has neglected to embed equitable distribution patterns, and when faced with peak oil and climate change, risks some form of collapse. This thesis focuses on the food distribution question. It suggests a new food system model for the City of Mississauga that couples the region's local systems with global networks in a set of local/global relationships. The research portion of this work provides an overview of the dynamic historical and present relationship between food and city infrastructure, touches on the issues facing suburban resiliency today, and investigates the challenges facing the food retail industry. It then draws lessons from large-scale typologies of urban agriculture being proposed in recent years by architects and urban designers. This work, specifically at the design stage, identifies the suburban supermarket as a local catalyst for transformation. Today, the City of Mississauga is not food secure – that is, it does not rely on a safe, adequate, sustainable, or appropriate food supply. This thesis investigates how local and sustainable food systems can be integrated into the urban fabric and systems sustaining suburbs today. It further seeks to build on existing conditions, and answer how the suburban big-box typology, preferred by retailers, can contribute to food security.

The emerging Swedish suburbs of the 1960- 1970s started out as a utopian vision: a new city for the modern people. Media presented a different view and emphasized the inhuman livingenvironment and the social problems of the suburbs. Nationwide there have been local attempts to avoid this negative publicity by adjusting identified suburban problems. Due to medial presentation the suburbs are still associated with segregation, criminality and social problems. The presentation of suburbs and immigrants affects not only the process of integration and the general public idea of integration processes, but also the individual perception of themselves and their living. Media have opened on to a collective discrimination of the neighborhood and its inhabitants. This essay aim to contribute to the understanding of how identities arise and are maintained when people are associated with certain geographical spaces, that is suburbs. The majority of the Swedish study of suburban discrimination and segregation takes place in the periphery off ocused on Andersberg, a suburb in a smaller city called Halmstad. It is a typical high-rise, concrete suburb with a high density of immigrants and unemployment. This essay has studied the power structures in the language regarding Andersberg, to discover the discriminating construction of suburban otherness. A postcolonial perspective illustrates how the perception of the suburb and its inhabitants is constructed as in the Swedish society. Discrimination and segregation is a result of the general public perception of the suburban inhabitants as criminal, uncivilized and patriarchal. the big cities. This essay hasothers, and consequently perceived as aliens

The purpose with this study was to describe and analyse the daily activities of a criminal group in a southern suburb of Stockholm, Norra Botkyrka, and their attitude to drugs, the police, crimes in general, accomplices and their plans for the future. The study is a combination of different qualitative methods that is built on unobtrusive methods and interviews that was carried out during winter in 2006 and spring in 2007 and six interviews. My interest to carry out this study was grounded on my several years of experience as a prison and probation officer in the prison. I chose to “live” with a group of criminals and participated in some of their social activities. The respondents that I chose to call “anti-heroes” proudly tell me about their criminal lifestyle that characterizes of violence, drugs, crimes and conflict where this people show no regret. The readers of this study will be able to do an insight into the criminals’ daily activities. I choose to describe the respondents tough and “tragically” growth and their attitude to the drugs, conflicts, the police, accomplices, women, future and their spot in society. The results of this study will show that the majority of the respondents had a bad growth and comes from torn families, where the most of them began early with drugs and crimes. The organisation of the gang gives a shifting view from what appears to be an organised and structured gang to a disorderly gang with a lot of conflicts. The respondents are so hardly anchored to their criminal lifestyle that an adjustment to normal life, for the majority of them, is next to impossible.