A caracterização morfométrica de bacias hidrográficas é fundamental para análises hidrológicas e ambientais. Pois, pode contribuir com políticas de planejamento e gerenciamento de recursos naturais e de prevenção à enchentes e inundações. Neste cenário, o trabalho analisou as características morfométricas e hidrológicas da Bacia Hidrográfica do Alto Sapucaí, sul do Estado de Minas Gerais, para fornecer subsídios técnicos para o adequado gerenciamento dos seus recursos hídricos. Para tanto, foram calculados os parâmetros: densidade de rios, densidade de drenagem, relação de relevo, índice de rugosidade, coeficiente de compacidade, fator de forma e coeficiente de manutenção. Os dados referentes à vazão foram obtidos de uma estação de monitoramento fluvial da Agência Nacional de Águas e organizados pelo Sistema Computacional para Análise Hidrológica e pelo aplicativo Excel para obtenção, no período de 1994 a 2013, da vazão média anual, vazão média de longo prazo, vazão máxima de longo prazo, vazão mínima de longo prazo e os desvios em relação à média. Os dados de precipitação foram obtidos pelo Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations e reunidos em precipitação média mensal e precipitação média anual para o período. Os dados permitiram caracterizar a Bacia Hidrográfica do Alto Sapucaí como propensa a enchentes, devido aos valores de densidade de drenagem maiores que 15,01, de densidade de rios maiores do que 3,01 e coeficiente de compacidade de 0,89. Tais valores indicam a necessidade de estratégias de prevenção à enchentes e inundações, como o reestabelecimento de áreas verdes e evitar a ocupação antrópica nessas áreas.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which permits reproduction, adaptation, and distribution provided the original author and source are credited. AbstractThis study presents a structural essay that aims to bring forward the relationship between society and Design by exploring the relations between theory and practice, and how they respond differently to social changes. Such development stems from the understanding of the Design profession as the result of three major historical processes: industrialization, modern urbanization, and globalization, considering the challenges that arise from them. Based on theoretical reference, a framework of analysis is proposed, which considers the multiple views upon the Design activity. A classification for the so-called Design approaches was built in three categories -habilitations, emphases, and transversal content -aiming to comprehend the possible relations among them. Both the structural essay and the proposed characterization intent to open space for the discussion about the different visions upon the area of Design and how they conjugate theory and practice with the constant social change that impacts the exercise and thinking about the profession.

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Brazil is a country that has a vast territory and contains many natural landscapes features and immense variety of rocks, shapes and structures of great aesthetic and scientific value. Geosites are areas that have numerous geological potentials, where these characteristics are notable from a scientific, didactic or touristic point of view. In this sense, this work carried out a cataloguing of geosites in the municipality of Conceição da Aparecida, in the south of Minas Gerais state aiming at the geoconservation of the geological heritage, the balanced use of natural resources and the identification of geosites. The lands of the study area belong to several units of the crystalline basement entitled Campos Gerais Formation, Carrancas Group, Petunia Complex, Varginha-Guaxupé Complex and Andrelândia Complex composed essentially by gneissic rocks. The development of this work consisted in the construction of a qualitative base on the studied area from the analysis of topographic maps, the use of GIS and later field activity, laboratory analysis and the elaboration of the results. In this way, the relationship between man and nature can be evidenced from the proposals for geoconservation and the identification of these areas for future generations. Thus, the integrity of nature and the best quality of life for man will be maintained. he scientific and local community will be informed about the issues of geographic space, enabling investments and better management practices in the area.