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[pt] Esta pesquisa aproxima as relações entre a ciência Geográfica e as imagens, a partir da representação da cidade de Los Angeles em três obras fílmicas: Los Angeles - Cidade Proibida (1997); Crash - No limite (2004); e Blade Runner: O caçador de Andróides (1983). A concepção encaminhada aqui objetiva analisar a segregação socioespacial da cidade de Los Angeles representada em três temporalidades distintas: no primeiro momento, analisarei a Los Angeles do pós-II Guerra Mundial, ambientada na década de 1950 pelo filme Los Angeles - Cidade Proibida; o segundo corresponde à cidade contemporânea, marcada pelas confusões ideológicas nascidas no pós 11 de setembro representada em Crash - No Limite; por último, em uma perspectiva de cidade imaginada pela ficção-cientifíca e ambientada em projeções de futuro, apresento Blade Runner, ambientando na Los Angeles no ano de 2019. Os três filmes escolhidos para atravessar a(s) leitura(s) de representação da cidade de Los Angeles foram objeto de uma notável galeria de interpretações (livros, dissertações, teses acadêmicas e ensaios) no campo das ciências humanas e da filosofia. Tais contribuições despertaram o desejo do autor de participar do debate. É imperioso destacar que não há uma maneira exclusiva de olhar e interpretar qualquer que seja a representação ou concluir sobre o que ela exprime exatamente. Defende-se que as representações visuais são essencialmente mais uma interpretação do que uma gravação, ou uma cópia, do objeto presente na realidade concreta, deve-se questionar a maneira como elas, em vários instantes, moldam e reelaboram interpretações diversas do mesmo objeto. Em consonância com o exposto, distante de exibirem regras ou padrões fixos de funcionamento do real, representações são permeadas por convenções, ideias coletivamente aceitas ou questionadoras, sobre realidades que estão em constante movimento. / [en] This research approaches the relations between Geographic science and the images from the representation of the city of Los Angeles in three films: L.A. Conditional (1997); Crash (2004); and Blade Runner (1983). The conception that I will address here aims to analyzing the sociospatial segregation the city of Los Angeles represented in three distinct temporalities: Firstly I will analyze the Los Angeles of the post-World War II set in the 1950s by the movie - L.A. Conditional; the second analyzes corresponds to the contemporary city marked by the ideological confusion emerged in the post - 9/11 represented in Crash; Finally, in a city perspective imagined by science-fiction and set in future projections, I present Blade Runner setting Los Angeles in the year 2019. The three films chosen to cross the city of Los Angeles reading (s) were the subject of a remarkable gallery of interpretations (books, dissertations, theses and essays) in the field of humanities and philosophy. Such contributions have aroused the author s desire to participate in the debate. It is essential to point out that there is no exclusive way of looking at and interpreting whatever it is the representation nor conclude about what it expresses exactly. It is argued that visual representations are essentially more an interpretation than a recording, or a copy, of the object present in the concrete reality, one must question the way in which they, at various instants, shape and rework different interpretations of the same object. As set out above, far from displaying rules or fixed patterns of functioning of the real, representations are permeated by conventions, collectively accepted or questioning ideas, about realities that are in constant motion.

In an attempt to practice inclusive planning, this research project explores whether Broadway Avenue functions as an ethnic commercial strip and identifies social, physical, and economic components that contribute to the Latino neighborhood/ barrio. Using pilot studies Loukaitou-Sideris (2000), Loukaitou-Sideris (2002), Rojas (1993), Manzumdar et al. (2000), Main (2007), and Fernando (2007) as a foundation, this research uses a single case study in addition to several research methods: 42 random surveys, literature review and analysis, site observations/pictures, and land use survey. Various scholars write that barrios have unique physical, social, economic, and political attributes. A new aesthetic, art, symbols, type of businesses, music, community events, and vendors all add to social ambiance and physical design of the neighborhood (Rojas,1993). The findings reported in this case study highlight that the majority of the people who are present at any given time on Broadway Avenue are Latino immigrants from a lower socio-economic background. They visit Broadway’s Latino commercial strip from across Los Angeles County to shop, work, and for leisure purposes. Broadway Avenue is a festive, popular, spiritual, and political public space for many Latino immigrants. Many of the study participants are attracted to Broadway’s diversity, architecture, aesthetics, culturally themed stores and restaurants; showing that this Latino commercial strip possesses deep social, physical and economic significance. Contributions of this study include a detailed description about Broadway Avenue beyond the existing literature review. Survey results provide valuable information about what study participants would like to be preserved for Broadway’s future. This information provides user-driven recommendations for preservation and change on Broadway Avenue. Broadway Avenue between Second Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles is the focused area of this thesis project to provide a qualitative description of the environment of a Latino commercial strip. This thesis provides recommendations to urban planners as they attempt to preserve cultural elements of Broadway’s Latino commercial strip.

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As the number of children in foster care without a familial placement continues to grow, the child welfare system is turning towards a new placement approach called Residential Treatment Foster Care. This study performed a process evaluation of 30 Residential Treatment Foster Care facilities in Los Angeles County that explored the four characteristics of case plan design, team decision-making, therapeutic intervention, staff training, and overall treatment effectiveness with regards to the number of Absences Without Leave (AWOL) and completion of treatment plan.

傳統敘事如小說透過文字表現，如攝影凍結時間以照片表現，如影片透過蒙太奇將事件以時間序列安排，而數位敘事竟能一次包含上述所有文本於一體，其中奧妙的敘事模式究竟為何？本研究的主體－資料庫，作為數位敘事的一種類型，一種文化形式，如何將傳統敘事元素徹底拆解成數碼格式？又這些傳統敘事元素如何轉換、又如何殘存於資料庫敘事中？ 藉由文獻分析之過程，探究傳統敘事理論與數位敘事理論之間的可能關係，並透過所選個案文本【Bleeding Through Layers of Los Angeles：1920-1986】，進行「敘事結構」、「敘事觀點轉換」兩大面向之分析，試圖瞭解在數位的浪潮下，人們說故事的方式、故事的樣貌是否有變化的可能性，以提供數位敘事設計者一些理論與實務上的思考。本研究結果歸納如下：1. 開放的敘事結構啟動讀者更多闡釋，2.互為文本的兼蓄性讓敘事有最大程度展示空間，3. 互動敘事達到讀者實質與文本互動。 / Fiction performs through text. Photography performs through images. Movie performs with video; with the help of montage, video has meanings. All of them are traditional narratives, and digital narrative contains all of the above. How does digital narrative work these out? This research aims to discuss “the database narratives”. As a type of digital narrative, how does database narrative completely dismantle the traditional narrative elements into a digital format? By analyzing the reference documents, we could find the relation between theories of the traditional narrative and digital narrative. Through the selected piece of work “Bleeding Through Layers of Los Angeles：1920-1986”, this research focuses on "narrative structure," and "point of view," trying to understand the way of storytelling in digital times. This research concludes with the following: 1. Open narrative structure renders a text more interpretations. 2. Inter-textuality enhances the scale of narrative to the most. 3. Interactive narrative enables readers more interactions with the text.

This paper attempts to provide a cost-benefit analysis of the economic and social effects of hosting the Olympic Games. I provide an overview of the economic and social impacts of the Games and analyze their effects. I focus the economic effects of the Games on tourism, trade, corporate sponsorship and the sale of television rights. I also look at the social effects of the Games on infrastructure and employment. Finally I assess why the Olympics remain an appealing venture for cities, despite evidence that demonstrates how they produce more actual harm than good for the host city. In addition, I provide predictions for two alternative directions that the Olympics could take in the future: to either continue in the current trend of immense growth and commercialization, or alternatively, implement a new Olympic bidding process that establishes stricter criteria for candidate cities.