http://hdl.handle.net/10256/1768 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:51:43 GMT 2025-08-01T02:51:43Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26913 Percepções sobre fatores restritivos ao turismo: o caso de Paraty, RJ = Perceptions about tourism restrictive factors: the case of Paraty, RJ = Percepciones sobre los factores que restringen el turismo: el caso de Paraty, RJ Valduga, Manoela Carrillo; Machado, Marcello de Barros Tomé; Mundet i Cerdan, Lluís Paraty, located in Costa Verde in Rio de Janeiro, is known for its unique tourist attractions, which include natural resources and a rich historical-cultural heritage. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognized as a mixed site of culture and biodiversity. Paraty is also part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a Creative City of Gastronomy, due to the value and diversity of its local cuisine. However, Paraty's attractiveness contrasts with high levels of violence. Addressing this issue, this exploratory and descriptive study aims to analyze the perception of locals and visitors regarding po-tential factors that may restrict tourism in the area, as well as examine data on criminal incidents in Paraty, with an emphasis on violent fatality situations. Asurvey was conducted with 404 people, in-cluding tourists and residents, during both low and high seasons of 2023. The results revealed diffe-rences in safety perceptions, with tourists generally more optimistic about safety than locals. We be-lieve this study has contributed to understanding the challenges of tourism in Paraty and may serve as a basis for future research on the restrictive factors in the sector; Paraty, situada na Costa Verde do Rio de Janeiro, é conhecida por seus atrativos turísticos únicos, que incluem recursos naturais e um rico patrimônio histórico-cultural. Essa riqueza fez da cidade um Patrimônio da Humanidade, reconhecido pela UNESCO como um sítio misto de cultura e biodiversidade. Paraty integra também a Rede de Cidades Criativas da UNESCO, como Cidade Criativa da Gastronomia, graças ao valor e diversidade da culinária local. No entanto, a atratividade de Paraty contrasta com altos índices de violência. A partir dessa problemática, este trabalho exploratório e descritivo visa analisar a percepção de moradores e visitantes acerca de potenciais fatores restritivos ao turismo na referida localidade, além de averiguar os dados referentes às ocorrências criminais no município de Paraty, com ênfase nas situações de letalidade violenta. Para isso, foi aplicado um formulário a 404 pessoas, incluindo turistas e residentes, durante a baixa e a alta temporadas de 2023. Os resultados revelaram diferenças nas percepções de segurança, com turistas geralmente mais otimistas em relação à segurança do que os moradores. Acreditamos que este estudo tenha contribuído para o entendimento dos desafios do turismo em Paraty e pode servir como base para pesquisas futuras sobre os fatores restritivos do setor; Paraty, ubicada en la Costa Verde de Río de Janeiro, es conocida por sus atractivos turísticos únicos, que incluyen recursos naturales y un rico patrimonio histórico-cultural. Esta riqueza ha convertido a la ciudad en un Patrimonio de la Humanidad, reconocido por la UNESCO como un sitio mixto de cultura y biodiversidad. Paraty también forma parte de la Red de Ciudades Creativas de la UNESCO como Ciudad Creativa de la Gastronomía, gracias al valor y la diversidad de su cocina local. Sin embargo, la atractividad de Paraty contrasta con altos índices de violencia. Abordando este problema, este estudio exploratorio y descriptivo tiene como objetivo analizar la percepción de los residentes y los visitantes sobre los posibles factores que pueden restringir el turismo en la localidad, así como examinar los datos sobre incidentes criminales en Paraty, con énfasis en las situaciones de letalidad violenta. Para ello, se aplicó una encuesta a 404 personas, incluidos turistas y residentes, durante las temporadas baja y alta de 2023. Los resultados revelaron diferencias en las percepciones dseguridad, siendo los turistas generalmente más optimistas respecto a la seguridad que los residentes. Creemos que este estudio ha contribuido a la comprensión de los desafíos del turismo en Paraty y puede servir como base para futuras investigaciones sobre los factores restrictivos del sector Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26913 2025-05-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26893 The nature of AI: Metabolism, energy, water, labour and justice in the urban political ecology of artificial intelligence Cugurullo, Federico; Caprotti, Federico; Day, Jennie; Geoghegan, Shona; Lynch, Casey Ryan; Menga, Filippo; Robinson, Caitlin; Williams, Joe The integration of vast volumes of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology into the built environment is chan- ging the metabolism of urban spaces. Due to the presence of various AIs in urban systems, there are now more agentic forces influencing the trajectory of urban development and entangling with pre-existing bio- logical intelligences. Because of AI's substantial environmental costs, more resources are now needed to satisfy cities' technological appetite. Urban futures are also becoming more uncertain as private AI com- panies gain considerable power in urban governance through oligarchic schemes that leave citizens with no voice. In this paper, we bridge Urban Political Ecology (UPE) and urban AI literature, in order to crit- ically examine the nature of AI as it intertwines with urban living and urban infrastructure. More specific- ally, we offer a threefold contribution to knowledge. First, we examine how the advent of urban AI is altering urban metabolism, zooming in on specific socio-environmental issues pertaining to energy, water and labour. Second, we discuss how the urban metabolisms altered by AI are reproducing uneven dynamics of development that are ultimately leading to different forms of injustice. Third and finally, we propose a potential course of action to politicize urban AI and intervene on its evolution Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26893 2025-05-30T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26586 Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) Pereira Lindoso, Diego; Boix Masafret, Dani; Ribas Palom, Anna; Bou Manobens, Jordi; Quintana Pou, Xavier Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the great global challenges of the 21st century. The nature-based solutions (NbS) approach creates an opportunity to meet efforts on the two agendas while producing other co-benefits beyond climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. This opportunity becomes even more relevant in areas with both high climate vulnerability and special interest for conservation. Coastal wetlands in the Mediterranean basin are under severe threat from urban sprawl, mass tourism and climate change. Coastal lagoons, dune systems and halophilic ecosystems are considered as priority habitats of community interest for conservation by the European Habitats Directive. In the Catalan coast, these ecosystems are fragmented and isolated, and ecological protection and restoration efforts are essential. In this context, the present work analyzes the case of de-urbanization and ecological restoration of La Pletera salt marsh by the Life Pletera project (2014–2018), interpreting it within an NbS approach and assessing its effectiveness as a strategy for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation. The analysis brings insights for the effectiveness assessment of the project during the first years after implementation, gathers elements on the factors and constraints that made its implementation possible and reflects on future challenges so that its effectiveness is lasting in the medium and long term Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26586 2025-01-06T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26389 Is climate change the problem? A feminist analysis of climate change discourses in Spain and Cataloni Borràs Escayola, Maria; Ravera, Federica; Rivera-Ferre, Marta Guadalupe The way climate change is framed and represented matters because it influences the type of actions and strategies promoted by climate-related policies. To understand how policies address climate change in the Spanish context, we performed an analysis of the discourse applying the “What’s the Problem Represented to be” Bacchi’s framework. We apply a feminist political ecology perspective, countering the dominant discourses around mitigation and adaptation to climate change, as well as identifying the silences on public policy at national (Spain) and regional (Catalonia) scales. Our results show that in both cases, the official policy discourse on climate change follows a techno-positivist and market driven narrative, mainly motivated by economic growth, not questioning much of the current economic model and without clearly addressing the responsibilities regarding the climate crisis and the resulting inequities associated to it. This representation presents climate change as a biophysical problem of increased concentration of greenhouse gases, which provides an opportunity for modernization and progress but at the same time, it is a threat to national security and a catalyst for existing vulnerabilities in the country. In contrast, the exploration of the silences of official public policy shows that climate change is represented as the visible consequence of a failed, patriarchal, and colonial system that needs to be solved under a social justice, human right and degrowth perspective. Alternative degrowth and ecofeminist discourses criticize the fallacy of greening the economic growth model and urge us to rethink the productive (and reproductive) current model, focusing on the sustainability of life as the central axis of transformation, “to live a life deserved to be lived” Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26389 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z