This research proposes to develop the Sustainable Governance Index (IGS), with concentrated and detailed variables in the processes of elaboration, implementation and management of public policies, under the three levels ...

Water, one of the most important natural resources necessary to the man’s life, is in the planet distributed irregularly and committed by its bad use. Several sections look for solutions for the subjects of the shortage ...

This paper is the result from a research which has been done to identify the importance of the expected attributes inside a bus stop design: which are characterized by a system of information and by its framework ...

The waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a sort of waste that has been experiencing significant arising in its generation rates, consisting of a great challenge to decision makers and to society as a whole ...

The study of the Urban Heat Island (UHI), as the main phenomenon of climatic alteration caused by urbanization, is fundamental to understand the effect of urban areas on their regional climate. This dissertation presents ...

In Brazil, the last decades registered an accelerated growth of urbanization, increasing the waterproofing of the soil and the direct flow, generating floods in the urban areas. As a measure to mitigate the resulting ...

The aim of this research project was to identify what the key attributes that should be considered in the design of a cycling network from the point of view of cyclists and transport planning experts. The methodology for ...

The wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) performance a crucial role in maintaining the health of the population by treating domestic sewage and returning treated effluent to the water sources. However, generate a considerable ...

Geoenvironmental zoning is a relevant tool to support territorial management and planning, since it allows mapping and analyzing geoenvironmental characteristics and its interaction with anthropogenic interventions, ...

The high dependence of automobiles in Brazilian cities and the problems arising from this context emerge the need to invest in more sustainable urban transport alternatives. With this perspective, this research works with ...