Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes special study report entitled: Planting in interior landscape. Includes bibliographical references.

This study explored the participants‟ perceptions of their service-learning experiences in the Department of Interior Design at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The point of departure of the study was a Community Higher Education Service Partnerships (CHESP) Pilot Project initiated by JET Education Services (JET). The study is placed in the context of Higher Education transformation, where "community engagement" is a national imperative. In higher education such engagement includes service-learning. The key focus of the study was on how the participants perceived their experiences in terms of their academic learning, personal growth and social responsibilities. Of interest, too, were the participants' ideas of how service-learning could be improved, if indeed retained, in the interior design programme. Data comprised of reflective reports which were completed by the participants shortly after the service experience and from semi-structured interviews conducted one year later. The qualitative research design involved my immersion in the setting, the collection and categorization of the data and a review of the findings in relation to the current literature. This research highlights the social purpose of Higher Education and the opportunity service-learning presents to nurture the three domains of learning, namely academic, personal and social. Recommendations for future service-learning within the programme are made. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes special study report entitled : Planting in interior landscape. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

This thesis deals with the reservation of a territorial system of ecological stability in the projects of landscape planning. The first part contains a review of literature describing landscaping, territorial system of ecological stability and landscape protection. The main objective of the second part is to compare the current state of the project and territorial system of ecological stability in three selected model projects aimed at landscape planning. The selected area is located in the CHKO Železné hory and includes areas of increased environmental price. The work includes analysis of valuable landscape elements and their inclusion in landscaping projects.

The first part of this thesis is the definition of terms relating to construction at the interface of urban and rural areas. It defines the question notions of landscape, landscape, landscaping, urban planning, urban and rural areas. The practical part contains five case studies with objects of interest. For each of the objects of interest has resulted several color variations, which were subsequently placed into the landscape. Examined objects are located in the cadastral area of Šipoun and Blanice, on the border of Prachatice and Strakonice district. The result of this work is the evaluation influence of individual variations in the landscape and the best selection of co-option. Due to objective evaluation the survey was conducted among people of different ages.

The thesis describes the concepts related to land consolidation and hunting management, from history to the present. The work includes the possibility of using land consolidation as a tool for good game management. Furthermore, the work deals with subsidies relating to this issue, Bio-belts, and other measures for the creation and protection of the environment.

The aim of this master thesis is evaluation of influence of nature unbreakable obstractles to land adjustment project. This work contains literature review that describes all type of landscaping and the different types of nature unbreakable obstacles. The attention is paid to the complex landscaping in Rataje u Bechyně cadastral area. In this area there is designed reconstruction of the existing field road network and a new building some of new field road network. The practical part focuses on description of interest location, the complex landscaping, the nature unbreakable obstacles and increase road network in this area.

O balanço de energia e o fluxo radiativo produzidos nas superfícies urbanas não são objetos de muitos estudos no Brasil. Este trabalho objetivou verificar a variabilidade dos fluxos de energia em ondas longas em uma cidade Tropical de Altitude de porte médio. A metodologia fundamenta-se na utilização de um termômetro digital infravermelho fixado em um tripé, com a aferição manual de pontos cardeais e colaterais nas inclinações de -10º, 0º, 10º, 25º e 35º, em diversas classificações do uso do solo urbano definidas pelo Laboratório Quadro do Paisagismo do Brasil - QUAPÁ. Realizaram-se onze experimentos de campo na cidade de São Carlos-SP em episódios climáticos representativos de Inverno e Verão. As invasões polares na cidade de estudo, em fase de domínio, impõem as condições iniciais dos tipos de tempo com valores termais de superfície mais brandos quando comparados com a fase tropicalizada. Nas pesquisas de campo as temperaturas mais elevadas foram registradas para as angulações -10º e 0º altura aproximada ao nível do pedestre. Os padrões térmicos observados in situ foram correspondentes para algumas tipologias e outras não, pois dependem de fatores multi escalares como advecção, camada intraurbana, fluxos de calor sensível e calor latente. / The energy balance and the radiative flux produced in urban areas are not objects of many studies in Brazil. This research aimed to determine the variability of flows of energy in long waves in a Tropical midsize city. The methodology is based on the use of an infrared digital thermometer fixed on a tripod, with the manual measurement of cardinal points and the side slopes of - 10º, 0°, 10º, 25º, and 35º, in various classifications of urban land use defined by the Laboratory Quadro do Paisagismo do Brazil - QUAPÁ. Has been made in São Carlos -SP eleven field trials representative climatic episodes in winter and summer. The polar invasions in the city of study, in phase of domain, imposes the initial conditions of weather types with thermal values surface over mild compared with the tropicalized phase. In field trials the highest temperatures were recorded for the angles -10° and 0° to the approximate height of the pedestrian level. The thermal patterns observed in local were corresponding to some classifications and not to others, because they depend on multi scalar factors as advection, intraurban layer, flows sensible heat and latent heat.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Gladis de Fátima Nunes da Silva - 2016.pdf: 6113845 bytes, checksum: ad10681af72dd44680f06574d0fbfe0e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-14 / The state of Roraima (Brazil) has the largest continous area of savannas (cerrados) of the Amazon biome, occupying a surface of 42.706 km2. “Lavrado”, the name assigned to the region of savannas in Roraima, has been submitted to a continuous process of change due the establishment or enlargement of highway axis which work as support for expansion projects in agriculture and cattle raising. Currently in the Brazilian regions of savannas, there are the major part of the great plans of expansion for the agribusiness sector (sugar cane, soy, silviculture etc.), which introduced a wide modification in the geological conditions of the landscape. In this context, the aim of this study was to ascertain the existence of indicatives that the type of occupation of amazon savannas, in Roraima, emulates the one adopted in the Cerrado of the center of Brazil and disregard the environmental specificities of the ecosystem of amazon savanna, in which concern to its biological importance and geoecological singularity. The municipality of Boa Vista, area selected for the research, was considered as a representative scenario of this recent process of expansion of agriculture and cattle raising in Roraima. The period between the years of 2000 and 2014 represents a period of marked changes of the profile of use and occupation of land in savanna areas in the state. In this perspective we adopted the methodology of Environmental Analysis by Geoprocessing proposed by Xavier da Silva and Carvalho Filho (1993). The results permitted to affirm the historical process of occupation of savannas of Roraima emulates the model of development, supposedly virtuous, conceived and implemented for the Cerrado of the center of Brazil, from the actions of the State, initially through regional plans of development, followed by the creation of agricultural colonies, intensification of migratory process, investments in infrastructure of transportation and provision of subsidiated credit, among others. The government of Roraima, when taking the role of development of Roraima to itself, focused the strategies in the strength of agriculture and cattle raising. Thus, the savanna areas became strategic to the productive process. However, the occupation and expansion of agricultural activities in the landscapes of savannas of Roraima is also guided by extra-local decisions, which ones are intrinsically linked to the action of politics and/or social actors. The interpretation of satellite images, backed in the making of thematic maps and quantification in GIS environment, showed that an intensification of the use and modification of land cover in the municipality of Boa Vista, linked to the production of grains, has been contributed for the displacement of cattle raising, traditional fields and savannas for the forest areas of the South of the state, contributing for the alteration of landscapes of savannas of the municipality. Thus, we notice that the model of development in consolidation in the state is marked by the intensified use of savannas and is materializing itself in the space, through monocultures mostly of soy, legitimation of land concentration, intensification of mechanization, and the results has been the negative environmental impacts. According to the singularities of the savannas of Roraima, it is a job for the managers – public and private ones – intensify the process of strategic planning aiming the sustainable use of the natural resources of the savannas. This process must have as guiding instrument the Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE), where the actors involved insert the environmental question with long term views, and the aptitudes and particularities of the ecosystem may be potentiated with the verticalization of the agriculture and cattle raising production, affecting all productive sectors, as well as promoting researches aiming the maintenance of the ecosystem services of the savannas in the scope of the already existent process of development. / O estado de Roraima possui a maior área contínua de savanas (cerrados) do bioma Amazônia, ocupando uma superfície de 42.706 km2. O “Lavrado”, nome local atribuído à região das savanas em Roraima, vem sendo submetido a um contínuo processo de alteração derivado do estabelecimento ou da ampliação de eixos rodoviários que servem de suporte para projetos de expansão agrícola e pecuária. Na região das savanas do Brasil, atualmente se encontra a maior parte dos grandes planos de expansão para o setor de agronegócios (cana-de-açúcar, soja, silvicultura, etc.) que desencadearam uma ampla modificação das condições geoecológicas da paisagem. Nesse contexto, o objetivo central deste estudo foi averiguar a existência de indicativos de que o modelo de ocupação das savanas amazônicas, em Roraima, emula aquele adotado no Cerrado do Brasil Central e desconsidera as especificidades ambientais do ecossistema de savanas amazônicas, quanto à sua importância biológica e sua singularidade geoecológica. O município de Boa Vista, área selecionada para a pesquisa, foi considerado como um cenário representativo desse recente processo de expansão da agropecuária em Roraima. O recorte temporal delimitado, o período compreendido entre 2000 e 2014, representa um período de acentuadas mudanças do perfil de ocupação e uso da terra em áreas de savanas no estado. Nessa perspectiva, adotou-se a metodologia de Análise Ambiental por Geoprocessamento proposta por Xavier- Da- Silva e Carvalho-Filho (1993). Os resultados obtidos permitem afirmar que o processo histórico de ocupação das savanas de Roraima emula o modelo de desenvolvimento, supostamente virtuoso, concebido e implementado para o Cerrado do Brasil Central, a partir das ações do Estado, inicialmente por meio dos planos regionais de desenvolvimento, seguida da criação de colônias agrícolas, a intensificação do processo migratório, investimentos em infraestrutura de transportes e fornecimento de créditos subsidiados, entre outros. O governo estadual, ao tomar para si a iniciativa do desenvolvimento de Roraima pautou suas estratégias no fortalecimento da agropecuária, neste cenário as áreas de savanas, tornaram-se estratégicas ao processo produtivo. Contudo, a ocupação e a expansão das atividades agrícolas nas paisagens das savanas de Roraima é condicionada também por decisões extra-locais, as quais estão intrinsicamente relacionadas à ação de política e/ou pelos atores sociais. A partir das interpretações das imagens de satélite, apoiadas na confecção de mapas temáticos e quantificação em ambiente SIG evidenciou-se que está ocorrendo intensificação do uso e modificação da cobertura da terra no município de Boa Vista, ligadas à produção de grãos, que tem contribuído para o deslocamento da pecuária, dos tradicionais campos e savanas para as áreas de florestas do sul do estado, contribuindo assim para a alteração das paisagens de savanas do município. Constata-se, assim que o modelo de desenvolvimento que está se consolidando no estado é marcado pelo uso intensificado das savanas e está se materializando no espaço, por meio do monocultivo principalmente de soja, legitimação da concentração fundiária, intensificação da mecanização e tem resultado em impactos ambientais negativos. Em função das singularidades das savanas de Roraima, cabe então aos gestores – públicos e privados intensificar o processo de planejamento estratégico, visando o uso sustentado dos recursos naturais das savanas. Este processo deverá ter como instrumento orientador o Zoneamento Ecológico Econômico-ZEE, onde os atores envolvidos insiram a questão ambiental com vistas ao longo prazo, e as aptidões e particularidades do ecossistema possam ser potencializadas com a verticalização da produção agropecuária, afetando todos os setores produtivos, bem como fomentar pesquisas, com vistas a manutenção dos serviços ecossistêmicos das savanas no âmbito dos processos de desenvolvimento já existentes.

A Praça do Relógio da Cidade Universitária "Armando de Salles Oliveira" da Universidade de São Paulo (SP) é um exemplo de espaço livre planejado para cumprir funções ambientais e sociais. Com porte de verdadeiro parque urbano, 176 mil m2, conta com vegetação nativa originária de seis ecossistemas paulistas, compondo diversos núcleos cortados por caminhos que possiblitam a circulação dos usuários entre diversos pontos do Campus, além de alamedas de palmeiras e árvores ornamentais. O presente estudo ocupou-se de levantar, diagnosticar e analisar a vegetação da Praça do Relógio após nove anos de implantação do projeto de reurbanização. Para tanto, foi adotado o método de inventário do tipo censo, ou seja, a análise quali-quantitativa de todos os indivíduos arbóreos, arbustivos e palmeiras com mais de 0,20 m de altura. existentes na Praça do Relógio. Foram encontrados 3081 indivíduos, dos quais puderam ser identificados 3028, sendo pertencentes a 121 espécies, 93 gêneros e 52 famílias botânicas. Do total de indivíduos, 2316 são árvores (75,17%), 206 são arbustos (6,69%), 542 são palmeiras (17,59%) e apenas 17 são forrações (0,55%). Das 121 espécies identificadas, 21 (17,35%) são exóticas, o que demonstra uma grande preocupação com a utilização da flora nativa. Considerando-se toda a área, o estado geral da vegetação da praça pode ser considerado bom, pois 91,46% dos indivíduos foram considerados em bom estado, enquanto 1,36% foram considerados em ótimo estado, 3,33% em estado regular, 2,18% em péssimo estado e 1,42% encontravam-se mortos. Quanto à conformação estrutural da vegetação, 3,17% apresentavam desequilíbrio de caule e ou copa. Segundo observação 3,20% da vegetação apresentou algum problema fitossanitário, como a presença de pragas ou doenças. Apresentaram lesões no caule, 1,42% da população vegetal. Quanto às interações ecológicas, em 0,20% foram encontrados insetos úteis, em 0,07% foram encontrados ninhos de pássaros, 13,65% apresentaram líquens no caule, 0,26% apresentaram epífitas e 2,93% apresentaram fitoparasitas. Do total de indivíduos, apenas 9,07% encontrava-se em área pavimentada, porém mesmo estes apresentavam bom espaço para seu desenvolvimento. Espera-se que as informações geradas possam incentivar o uso da praça como área para estudo de ciências biológicas e educação ambiental, além de fornecer subsídios para sua manutenção, ressaltando a importância de espaços como este na qualidade do ambiente da cidade e na vida dos cidadãos. / The Relógio Square of Cidade Universitária " Armando de Salles Oliveira " of the University of São Paulo (SP) is an example of free space planned to carry out environmental and social functions. With an area of true urbane park, 176,000 m 2, disposes of native vegetation original from six ecosystems of São Paulo, composing several nucleuses cut by ways that turns possible the circulation of the users between several points of the Campus, besides avenues of palms trees and ornamental trees. The present study was occupied of standing up, diagnosing and analyzing the vegetation of the Relógio Square after nine years of introduction of the project of reurbanization. In that way, was adopted the method of inventory of the type census, in other words, the quali-quantitative analysis of all the arboreal individuals, shrubs and palms trees with more than 0.20 meters of height. existent in the Relógio Square. Were found 3,081 individuals, of which 3,028 could be identified, being pertaining to 121 species, 93 genus and 52 botanical families. Of the total of individuals, 2,316 are trees (75.17 %), 206 are shrubs (6.69 %), 542 are palms trees (17.59 %) and 17 are creeping plants (0.55 %). Of 121 identified species, only 21 (17.35 %) are exotic, which demonstrates a great preoccupation with the use of the Brazilian native flora. Considering the whole area, the general state of the vegetation of the square can be considered good, so 91.46 % of the individuals was considered in good condition, while 1.36 % was considered in the best state, 3.33 % in regular state, 2.18 % in the worst state and 1.42 % was dead. As for the structural resignation of the vegetation, 3.17 % was presenting imbalance of stem and or top. According to observation 3.20 % of the vegetation presented some phytosanitary problem, like the presence of nuisances or diseases. They presented injuries in the stem, 1.42 % of the vegetable population. As for the ecological interactions, in 0.20 % useful insects were found, in 0.07 % nests of birds were found, 13.65 % presented lichens in the stem, 0.26 % presented epiphytes and 2.93 % presented phytoparasits. Of the total of individuals, only 9.07 % was in paved area, however even these were presenting good space for his development. It is waited that the produced information could stimulate the use of this square like area for study of biological sciences and environmental education, besides supplying subsidies for his maintenance, emphasizing the importance of spaces like this one in the capacity of the environment of the city and in the life of the citizens.