In recent decades, most countries of the world have experienced a shortage of water and increase its rate of consumption. Today, every country in the world are interested in this problem by trying to find alternatives to address this shortage. One solution is reuse greywater (GW) for irrigation after treatment. GW is all water generated from Household except toilet water. The risks associated with the reuse of these waters are the presence of pathogens that can infect humans, animals and plants. In this thesis focused on studying treatment by slow sand filtration and the survival of representatives of pathogens, such as E. Coli, P. aeruginosa , E. Faecalis and Bacteriophage MS2 which could be found in the greywater. The study factors was a physico-chemicals factors such as; temperature (6±2,23±2,42±2°c), salinity (1.75 and 3.5% Nacl), oxygen (aerobic and anaerobic condition), nutrient ( rich media , 50%: 50% salt and poor media ), light with photocatalysis ( UV and Visible lights) and slow sand filter (Egyptian desert sand and swimming pool sand). A combination of high temperature, sunlight and photocatlysis are mainly responsible for the rapid decline of bacteria and MS2 coliphage. Slow sand filter have clearly less influence on the survival of bacteria in the greywater, but it effective to decline turbidity and COD for short times.

<p>Natural and sexual selection and sexual conflict are forces shaping the evolution of reproductive behaviour, while constrained by factors like environment, physiology and life-history trade-offs. Parental care is costly both in terms of time and energy. In fish, filial cannibalism is a strategy for caring males to compensate for some of the energy loss. Human impact like eutrophication also alters the basics for animals living in that environment. It is fundamental to any species to adjust its behaviour to a changing environment. Studying sand goby males, I found trade-offs both regarding parental care allocations, like ventilation vs. predator defence, and investment in present vs. future reproductive success. Paternal sand gobies exposed to water with low oxygen levels increased their fanning effort but did not compensate by eating more eggs, even though an increased current parental effort should affect future reproductive success negatively. Investigating if patterns of filial cannibalism change with time of season, I found no correlation. Theory predicts that it should pay more to eat eggs early, when future mating potential is higher than late in the season. However, as early hatching fry are likely to gain higher fitness through larger size the next breeding season, this may provide an opposing selection pressure. In species with male care the only way a female can affect the level of post-spawning care is by choosing a good mate. A female preference to spawn in nests that already contain eggs of other females has been interpreted as a means to avoid filial cannibalism through a dilution effect or to decrease the costs of search time. Yet, in my study females did not avoid filial cannibalism by preferring large clutches to small ones. Oxygenation of the eggs might be a key factor, since both large and small females preferred spawning in nests with small clutches. Thus, as in most animals, trade-offs clearly govern the reproductive behaviour of sand gobies.</p>

The purpose of this study was to research the therapeutic outcomes achieved by a five year-old boy with Asperger Syndrome (AS), by means of non-directive processes of child centred play therapy (CCP) and sand tray play therapy (STP). In this investigative-descriptive qualitative research design, a saturated, holistic, intrinsic single case study was used as research method. The therapeutic process, events and outcomes of a unique single case within the context of AS, non-directive play therapy and the interactional-pattern analysis (IPA), are described. This study was motivated by the fact that the researcher disposed of data for a unique single case study that could contribute meaningfully to the need for a research database that describes effective therapeutic interventions and outcomes with children with AS. From the perspective of Rogerian person-centred theory (RPT), the literature study focused on an integrated discussion of AS, CCP and STP by means of 17 interpersonal variables of the interactional-pattern analysis (IPA). The following data sources was investigated: interviews with parents and teachers; CCP-sessions of J recorded on video; photos of some of J’s STP-sessions and the therapists’ process notes. Triangulation was used to evaluate the various categories of therapeutic outcomes from different viewpoints and to give meaning to them. The conclusions indicated that this boy with AS had used the non-directive processes of CCP and STP to achieve various therapeutic outcomes in the areas of: imaginary play; dramatic play; social interaction with the therapist, parents, family, teachers, his peer group and with strangers; traumatic experiences during visits to the doctor and bath times; identification, expressing and regulating emotions; and minimising acting out behaviour. Therapeutic outcomes have been demonstrated in 8 IPA-variables, namely: empathy, defining of relationships, potential to evoke acceptance or rejection, sincere interest and congruent conduct, control, emotional distance, problem solving and aspects relating to the presenting problem. The conclusion was reached that the conduct of the boy with AS as well as his mother and the therapist, played a mutual role in achieving his therapeutic outcomes within the 17 IPA-variables. The unstructured process of the non-directive play (CCP and STP) was utilised by a young child with AS to achieve therapeutic outcomes that relate to his everyday existence. A final conclusion is that involving the boy’s mother in his therapy and utilising an adapted Filial play program, enabled the mother to make emotional contact with her son and to diminish conflict between them. Guidelines for therapists are suggested with regard to non-directive responding in therapeutic contexts as found in this study. Furthermore, the contribution of this research to Psychology as science and discipline, is presented. Limitations of this study are indicated and recommendations for further research are made. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Psigologie))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013

M. Tech. (Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology), Vaal University of Technology / Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a serious problem associated with mining activities, and it has the potential to contaminate surface and ground water. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of constructed wetland and photocatalysis in treating AMD. Three identical unvegetated upflow constructed wetlands packed with natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) and coarse silica sand were made of a cylindrical plastic pipe, and the slurry photocatalyst was prepared using quartz material. A hydro-alcohol thermal method was used to prepare an anatase core-void-shell TiO2 photocatalyst. The results showed that the three unvegetated upflow constructed wetlands (CW) had relatively similar percentage removal of heavy metals despite their varying concentrations within the AMD. The removals were: Fe (86.54 - 90.4%); Cr (56.2 - 64.5%); Mg (56.2 - 67.88%); Ca (77.1 - 100%); and 100% removal was achieved for Be, Zn, Co, Ni, and Mn. The removal of sulphate was also 30%. Heavy metals concentration in CW packing material was significantly higher in the outlet of the constructed wetlands than in the inlet. The adsorption isotherms revealed that the experimental data fitted the Langmuir Isotherms better, which suggested a monolayer coverage of heavy metals on the surface of the adsorbents; thermodynamic studies showed that the nature of adsorption taking place was physical; the kinetics models showed that the adsorption was first order reaction. A higher photocatalytic reduction (62%) of Cr(VI) was obtained at pH 2, 30 mg/l Cr(VI) initial concentration, and three hours of irradiation time. It was also found that the presence of Fe(III) enhanced the reduction of Cr(VI). The core-void-shell TiO2 photocatalyst showed a better activity than the commercial P25 Degussa for the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). The kinetic studies showed that the reduction of Cr(VI) was first order reaction. Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) in real AMD sample was achieved only for the Douglas North Discharge (DND) sample (68%), and the Fe(III) reduction was found to be 83%. Therefore it was concluded that the combination of constructed wetland and UV/ TiO2 photocatalysis employing anatase core-void-shell TiO2 as a photocatalyst has a potential to reduce the toxicity of Cr(VI)-laden acid mine drainage.

À l'exception de Le Confessioni di un italiano, le roman le plus célèbre d'Ippolito Nievo (1831-1861), - et d'une partie de sa production poétique – Le poesie garibaldine- , les œuvres de Nievo sont encore, en grande partie, étudies selon l'image du début du XXe siècle fixée par Dino Mantovani. Le premier biographe de Nievo a voulu relever dans ses œuvres une dimension poétique et esthétique liée au Romantisme, auxquelles s'ajoute un arrière fond politique. Cet portrait a marqué la tendance de la critique italienne à lire et relire Nievo comme l'écrivain qui a donné les plus belles pages de la littérature du Risorgimento, mais, en même temps, qui n'a jamais eu une propre et véritable dimension intellectuelle. Mais, depuis le lancement de l'Edition Nationale de l'Œuvres d'Ippolito Nievo en 2005 à Padoue, cette image a commencé lentement a changer. Il y a eu un revirement critique signalé par la décision de publier comme premiers titres les comédies Pindaro Pulcinella et Le Invasioni moderne, soulignant la volonté d'ouvrir les études aux textes moins connus qui avaient été sacrifiés et, parfois, jamais publies au XXe siècle. Cette approche, donc, a engendré une revalorisation et une redécouverte de toute sa production romanesque, poétique et journalistique. Par conséquence il à été possible pénétrer totalement sa pratique d'écriture. Quant à ce sujet il s'arrive que Nievo avait l'habitude de rédiger en même temps des textes de nature très différente: des poèmes et des roman, des articles et des lettres. Cette pratique a mise à jour la naturelle tendance à abattre les confins entre les genres.Pour ce qui concerne les œuvres théâtrales, dont nous proposons l'édition critique (la comédie I « Beffeggiatori » et les brouillons pour une comédie en vers « Don Giovanni » et un livret d'opéra « Consuelo ») cette absence de confins est encore plus évidente. D'une manière générale on peut affirmer que Nievo n'a jamais regardé au théâtre contemporain, mais il a fondé sa dramaturgie sur des éléments très éloignes entre eux: la tradition goldonienne pour la fonction des personnages par rapport à certaines situations (par exemple la typologie du moquer ou des amoureux), la production romanesque française de Honoré de Balzac, de Stendhal et de George Sand pour la structure des relations entre les personnages et pour le choix des thèmes d'actualité (par exemple la description ironique du pouvoir politique de l'aristocratie). Donc il apparaît aujourd'hui que, même si Nievo n'avait jamais quitte l'Italie, sa dimension existentielle et intellectuelle était complètement européenne. Il s'agit d'une double identité littéraire et nationale ambiguë, qui dénoue très clairement la complexité de l'écrivain italien. / For a long time Ippolito Nievo’s (1831-1861) theatrical production was considered less important than his work of narrative and was considered as “juvenile work”. On the contrary, during the last ten years of the Nineteenth century, it was reconsidered and it brought to the discovery of several comic texts, such as Le Invasioni Moderne and Il Pindaro Pulcinella, which have showed Nievo’s cleverness in writing plays for the theatre.The edition of the last unpublished production, which is presented in this essay, completes and broadens the studies done on Nievo’s theatre, at the same time, opening several doors for a possible reconsideration of some critical points of Nievo’s literary aesthetics. From the study of the unpublished texts produced before Le Confessioni di un Italiano, in fact, Nievo’s dependence on French literature appeared, especially Balzac, Stendhal and George Sand. The setting of I Beffeggiatori –a political comedy which portrays Italy in 1852-1853 – and its study of the characters recalls the Chartreuse de Parme by Stendhal, his ironical glance at political happenings told by Balzac and it moves away totally from contemporary comic theatre. Don Giovanni –notes for a comic text in verses- results from Stendhalian considerations on the figure of the Seduttore, considerations which we can find in the De l’Amour and in the short story Les Cenci; but Don Giovanni also results from the whole French post-Byron tradition of the myth. Consuelo – the libretto- reveals a clear and evident Sandian matrix in its plot and allows to formulate a theory on the aesthetic Nievian music, full of Mazzinian considerations, well known to Sand too.The edition of these texts has allowed to reformulate some judgements on the origin of Nievo’s irony, even in L’Afrodisiaco per l’amor platonico and in Lettere a Matilde, underlining a matrix which is decidedly and only French.

La formation Eocène-Oligocène des Grès d’Annot constitue le remplissage gravitaire syntectonique de bassins d’avant-pays complexes, développés au front de l'orogène alpin. Les dépôts relativement distaux de ce système turbiditique s'apparentent à des lobes sous-marins. Ces corps sableux sont caractérisés par une géométrie tabulaire et isopaque à l’échelle pluri-kilométrique. Ce travail met cependant en évidence une extrême complexité dans la répartition des faciès, structures et figures sédimentaires, en lien avec une grande variabilité des processus de transport/dépôt. Ceux-ci sont à l’origine d'objets élémentaires à la géométrie et aux remplissages distincts. Cette forte variabilité sédimentaire implique d'importantes hétérogénéités pouvant influencer la circulation des fluides sur des systèmes réservoirs analogues. A titre de comparaison, une étude complémentaire est effectuée sur un système gravitaire carbonaté (Formation Guwayza, Jurassique moyen, Nord de l’Oman), en contexte de marge passive, afin de discuter de l’importance relative des processus à l’égard du contexte géodynamique sur la variabilité des lobes. / The siliciclastic Annot Sandstones formation (SE France) is composed of a thick series of gravitary deposits and represents the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene northward infill by various types of gravitary deposits of relatively small foreland basins developed in front of the Alpine orogen. This study brings new quantitative data on the terminal deposits of this turbidite system (sand-rich lobes) and focuses on their internal architecture from depositional event scale to elementary object scale. A longitudinal distribution model of elementary objects (from proximal vertically stacked channelized lobes to distal tabular lobes) and associated heterogeneities has been established. Those features have not been accurately described in sand-rich turbidite deposits so far. This high internal variability necessarily implies heterogeneities in terms of petrophysical characteristics (porosity, permeability) and reservoir connection that may have a significant impact on fluid circulation. As a comparison, a similar study on calciturbidites sheet-like lobes from the Middle Jurassic Guweyzah Formation of North Oman is introduced. These results allow reconsidering both sedimentary processes involved in sand-rich lobes and also reservoir models that can be established on field analogues.

La façade littorale du Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque est une cellule sédimentaire quasi-fermée où les formes dunaires résultent de l’imbrication de facteurs humains et naturels. Ce littoral peut être divisé en deux parties : la partie Ouest est constituée d’un cordon bordier sur une longueur de 7 km (plage du Clipon) et le long de la partie Est, la plage est adossée à une digue en enrobé bitumineux de 6 km de long (digue du Braek) où des transferts sableux se produisent. L’objectif de cette étude est de (1) caractériser les formes dunaires et leur évolution sur un site artificiel, (2) quantifier le transport éolien sur le haut de plage, le versant externe de la dune bordière et la digue du Braek, et (3) proposer des mesures de gestion afin de remédier aux contraintes d’exploitation engendrées par les dépôts éoliens sur les infrastructures. A moyen terme (28 ans), l’analyse diachronique de photographies aériennes montre que les superficies dunaires ont fortement augmenté depuis 1983. A court terme (2 ans), des mesures topographiques révèlent que les dunes continuent de se développer aujourd’hui mais gardent la marque des interventions anthropiques passées. Sur la digue du Braek, des formes dunaires se sont naturellement constituées sur l’asphalte. Le sable a été colonisé par Ammophila arenaria qui s’est enraciné sous l’enrobé par l’intermédiaire de fissures. Une typologie de ces dunes de digue a été proposée. A l’Est, des dunes se développent en pied de digue en raison de l’interruption des transferts sédimentaires longitudinaux par une jetée. Des piégeages éoliens in situ ont montré que le transport éolien était essentiellement contrôlé par la vitesse du vent et la source de sable disponible. Par vents frontaux et obliques, les dunes de pied de digue constituent la principale source des envols, et le transport éolien est favorisé par une accélération du vent sur le versant exposé. Différents types de brise-vent ont été testés sur l’ensemble du site afin de trouver le meilleur mode de gestion souple de ces envols de sable. Ces analyses montrent que si la localisation des structures brise-vent a une grande influence sur leur efficacité, les systèmes habituellement utilisés sur les plages (ganivelles, filets synthétiques) peuvent aussi favoriser le développement de dunes sur une digue en asphalte. Les mesures de gestion envisagées sont la stabilisation des principales sources de sable en pied de digue ainsi que le renforcement de la dune bordière aux endroits les plus fragiles. / The coastline of Dunkirk seaport is a sedimentary cell where dune morphology is the result of both natural processes and human intervention. This shoreline can be divided in two parts: a western part of 7 km long, where a macrotidal beach is backed by naturally developing coastal dunes, and an eastern part consisting of a 6 km long asphalt dike overtopped in places by low elevated aeolian dunes. This study aims at (1) describing aeolian dunes and their evolution on a human-altered coast, (2) quantifying aeolian sand transport on the upper beach, the seaward slope of the foredune and the asphalt dike, and (3) suggesting management measures in order to solve windblown sand accumulation problems on harbour infrastructures. On the middle term (28 years), diachronic analysis of aerial photographs shows rapid development of dunes area since 1983. On the short term (2 years), topographic surveys reveal that dune development is still ongoing, although dune morphology keeps the marks of passed human interventions. Dunes have naturally developed on asphalt and their formation is initiated by Ammophila arenaria colonisation of numerous perpendicular cracks in the dike. A typology of these dunes is proposed. Dike toe dunes have developed at the beach/dike contact in the most eastern part of the site, where a jetty is interrupting net sediment transport. In situ field measurements revealed that aeolian sand transport is mainly controlled by wind speed and the source of sand available. Under oblique to direct onshore winds, dike toe dunes are the main source of windblown sand on the dike, and aeolian transport is enhanced by a wind speedup on the windward slope. Different kinds of windbreaks have been tested in order to solve uncontrolled aeolian sand transport problems on the dike, as well as to consolidate foredunes. It appeared from the topographic surveys carried out on the windbreaks that although their location seemed to play a major role on the amount of sand captured, fences and synthetic fabrics deployed on sandy surfaces were also able to trap windblown sand on a seaport dike. Management measures considered are a stabilisation of main sand sources at the dike toe and consolidation of foredunes with windbreaks.

A recuperação ambiental de áreas exploradas pela mineração de areia na região do Vale do Paraíba, Estado de São Paulo, constitui anseio popular, obrigação constitucional e fator de diferenciação dentro da mais moderna visão empresarial. Este trabalho estuda a aplicação de turfa como um melhorador de solos na etapa final do processo de recuperação destas áreas: o restabelecimento da vegetação nativa. O interesse surgiu da experiência de trabalho do autor com pesquisa mineral e tecnológica desta substância, além da observação e acompanhamento de alguns projetos de revegetação nestas áreas, tidas como ambientalmente sensíveis e onde os solos apresentam-se, via de regra, improdutivos; sua utilização representou, nestes casos, a diferença entre o sucesso e a necessidade de replantio. Apresenta-se uma revisão bibliográfica sobre turfa e suas propriedades agronômicas, bem como acerca da utilização de matéria orgânica na revegetação de áreas degradadas. O estudo constituiu um comparativo entre resultados de ensaios efetuados em amostras de solo provenientes de área abandonada pela mineração de areia, homogeneizadas em laboratório em seu estado original (branco), de um lado, e com adição de turfa em diferentes proporções, de outro, visando aferir se alguma delas poderia adequar-se mais satisfatoriamente à melhoria das condições gerais do solo em questão. Foram analisadas variações em propriedades químicas e físicas como retenção de cátions, efeito tampão, densidade aparente, condutividade hidráulica e porosidade. Abre-se a possibilidade de os resultados deste projeto não se limitarem apenas à Indústria Mineral mas estenderem-se a outros setores onde haja a necessidade de recuperação de solos, fornecendo subsídios a eventuais modificações no manejo de solos agricultáveis, com perspectivas de geração de economia de recursos em irrigação, fertilizantes e defensivos agrícolas. / The environmental recuperation of areas explored by sand mining in the Vale do Paraíba region, in the State of São Paulo, is a popular aspiration, a constitutional obligation and constitutes a differentiating factor in the visions of modern enterprise. This work studies the utilization of peat as a soil conditioner in the final stage of the recuperation process for these areas: the revival of indigenous vegetation. This idea arose from the author's experience in technological and mineral research into peat, coupled with the observation and monitoring of these environmentally sensitive areas, whose soils were, from an agricultural stance, generally unproductive. The utilization of peat, in these cases, represented the difference between success and the necessity for a replantation process. This study presents a review of the agronomic properties of peat as well as the application of organic matter in the revegetation of damaged land. It is a comparative study between laboratory assay results from soil samples in their original state, and those where the soil has variable peat contents, seeking to ascertain which, if any, results in better general conditions for that particular soil. Both physical and chemical properties were analyzed, with an emphasis on cation exchange capacity, buffering, bulk density, hydraulic conductivity and porosity. There is a possibility that the results of this project can extended beyond the Mineral Industry to other sectors, where there are needs for soil recuperation, leading to cost savings for irrigation, fertilizers and agrotoxic compounds in food production areas.

Neste estudo avaliou-se a remoção e degradação de surfactante aniônico linear alquilbenzeno sulfonado (LAS) e compostos orgânicos xenobióticos em água residuária de lavanderia comercial em reator anaeróbio de leito fluidificado (RALF) preenchido com areia como material suporte, em escala de bancada (1,2 L), bem como a comunidade microbiana do biofilme e biomassa do separador de fases ao final da operação. O reator foi inoculado com lodo proveniente de reator UASB utilizado no tratamento de dejetos de suinocultura e alimentado com substrato sintético acrescido de água residuária de lavanderia comercial. Caracterização da água residuária, análises de monitoramento da concentração de LAS e matéria orgânica, além de outros parâmetros físico-químicos foram realizadas durante as etapas de operação do sistema. Essa operação foi dividida em cinco etapas: I adaptação da biomassa (575±28mg.L-1 de DQO), II (9,5±3 mg.L-1 de LAS e 637±80mg.L-1 de DQO), III (23,3±8mg.L-1 de LAS e 686±92 mg.L-1 de DQO), IV (21,7±10mg.L-1 de LAS e 691±103 mg.L-1 de DQO), V (27,9±9,6mg.L-1 de LAS e 666±161mg.L-1 de DQO). Aplicação das técnicas de PCR/DGGE e pirosequenciamento da região do rRNA 16S foi realizada para constatar a diversidade microbiana nas etapas IV (com sacarose) e V (sem sacarose). Por meio da caracterização da água residuária de lavanderia comercial foi evidenciado grande variação na concentração de diversos parâmetros, principalmente matéria orgânica (704 mg.L-1 a 4.830 mg.L-1) e LAS (12,2 mg.L-1 a 11.949 mg.L-1). A eficiência média de remoção de matéria orgânica e LAS foi 88% e 60%, respectivamente, durante toda operação do reator. As populações dos Domínios Archaea e Bacteria foram 54% e 45%, similares, respectivamente, para a biomassa da Etapa IV e Etapa V. Por meio da análise de pirosequenciamento das amostras das Etapas IV e V da areia e separador de fases do reator foram identificados 92 gêneros dos quais 24 foram relacionados com a degradação de LAS (Bdellovibrio, Ferruginibacter, Gemmatimonas, etc.). / In this study the removal and degradation of anionic surfactant linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and xenobiotic organic compounds in a commercial laundry wastewater was evaluated in anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) filled with sand as support material, in a bench scale (1, 2 L), as well as the microbial community of the biofime and phase separator biomass at the end of the operation. The reactor was inoculated with sludge from a UASB reactor used in the swine manure treatment and fed with synthetic substrate plus commercial laundry wastewater. Wastewater characterisation, monitoring analyzes of LAS, organic matter and other physico-chemical parameters were performed during the stages of system operation. This operation was divided into five stages: Stage I - biomass adaptation (575 ± 28mg L-1 of COD), Stage II (9.5 ± 3 mg L-1 of LAS and 637 ± 80 mg L-1 of COD ), Stage III (23.3 ± 8 mg L-1 of LAS and 686 ± 92 mg L-1 of COD), Stage IV (21.7 ± 10 mg L-1 of LAS and 691 ± 103 mg L-1 of COD), Stage V (27.9 ± 9.6 mg L-1 of LAS and 666 ± 161 mg L-1 of COD). Application of PCR/DGGE and pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA region was performed to verify the microbial diversity in the operational phase IV (with sucrose) and V (without sucrose). Through the commercial laundry wastewater characterization a wide variation in several parameters concentration was shown, mainly organic matter (704mg L-1 to 4.830mg L-1) and LAS (12.2mg L-1 to 11.949mg L-1). The average removal efficiency of organic matter and LAS was 88% and 60%, respectively, throughout the reactor operation. The populations of the Archaea and Bacteria Domains were 54% and 45% similar, respectively, for Stages IV and V biomass. By pyrosequencing analysis of sand and phase separator samples from the Stages IV and V, 92 genera of which 24 were related to the degradation of LAS (Bdellovibrio, Ferruginibacter, Gemmatimonas, Holophaga, Magnetospirillum, Zoogloea, etc.) were identified.

Este estudo apresenta conhecimento geomorfológico sobre sistemas físicos meândricos e, em especial, busca o entendimento das atividades antrópicas sobre estes sistemas físicos, exemplificando assim um dos princípios fundamentais da Antropogeomorfologia ou Geomorfologia Antropogênica. A pesquisa tem como objetivo a análise qualitativa e quantitativa das mudanças produzidas pelas atividades de mineração de areia em um compartimento fluvial da planície meândrica do Rio Embu-Guaçu, setor sul do município de São Paulo (SP). O estudo das mudanças foi realizado com utilização da cartografia geomorfológica evolutiva como recurso analítico das condições do sistema físico em situação préintervenção e após 22 anos de extração de areia (situação durante intervenção). Para tanto, foram produzidos dois mapas geomorfológicos de detalhe da área de estudo: um, referente ao ano de 1981, e representa a morfologia original, o outro, referente à 2003, representa a morfologia antropogênica. A seleção e representação das formas, materiais e processos que constituem os mapas geomorfológicos, bem como sua análise comparativa baseiam-se em um conjunto de geoindicadores considerados como parâmetros para interpretação qualitativa e quantitativa. / This study presents the geomorphological knowledge about physical meandering systems and pursuits the understanding of the anthropic activities effects on these physical systems, so characterizing one of the main principles of a anthropogeomorphology and anthropogenic geomorphology. The main purpose of this research was the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the modifications performed by sand mining activities in a fluvial compartment of the meandering floodplain of the Embu-Guaçu river, in the southern sectin Sao Paulo county. This study was performed with the application of evolutionary geomorphological cartography mapping as analytical tool for the physical system conditions in a preintervention situation and after 22 year of sand extraction (state during intervention). Two detailed geomorphological maps were produced: one refers to 1981 and presents the original morphology and the other to 2003 including the anthropogenic morphology. The selection and representation of forms, materials and processes included in geomorphological maps as well as the comparative analysis were based upon a series of geoindicators considered as qualitative and quantitative interpretation parameters.