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Em primeiro lugar ao Professor Antônio Nélson, pela sua excelente orientação, pela dedicação, competência, confiança e paciência em acompanhar cada etapa desta pesquisa. Muito obrigada por todos os conselhos, as oportunidades e os incentivos.Ao Edrian Mania, que se tornou o físico mais "transporteiro" que eu já conheci, ao se inteirar, sugerir, participar e incentivar esta pesquisa. E também por me ajudar a segurar a barra nos momentos difíceis passados na vida pessoal. Não esqueço também do nosso cão companheiro, Scott, que não entende nada de mobilidade (e nem precisa), mas sabe alegrar os nossos dias com suas infinitas travessuras.A todos os orientados do Professor Nélson que conviveram comigo neste período, em especial, ao Carlos Alberto Prado da Silva Junior e a Thais Guerreiro pelas valiosas ideias, auxílios e amizade.A todos os meus amigos da pós-graduação, em especial ao

BACKGROUND: The COVID19 Pandemic has impacted human behavior worldwide. Restrictive circulation, working and staying at home, and limitations on outdoor leisure time may have changed people’s physical activity level, stimulating sedentary behavior. AIM: To examine changes in physical activity levels and use of urban space for leisure during quarantine in the municipality of Ilhéus / BA – Brazil. METHOD: Thirty-nine (53.8% of men) residents from Ilhéus answered an online questionnaire before (pre-pandemic) and during (post-pandemic) the adoption of social distancing. Physical activity level (IPAQ survey) and places for leisure physical activity were determined by using the GIS technique. RESULTS: Significant decrease in occupational (-68%) and transportation (-71%) time was found. An increase in physical activity at home (152%) was observed. The average distance from house to leisure physical activity space decreased 74%, and time in sedentary behavior has increased only for men on weekdays (35%). CONCLUSION: Even without difference between the total amount of physical activity before and during COVID19, a significant reallocation in time spent in occupational, transportation, household, and space of leisure-time physical activity could indicate demands and adaptations occurred during the study period.

This research analyzed the perception of 42 higher education students about Environmental Education (EE) activities in environmental management and explored spontaneous conceptions about an urban green park. Data were obtained in 2016 through a questionnaire based on the Free Word-Association Test methodology and analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse. In the students conception, the importance of EE as a process of environmental management is imperative, being seen as an instrument or tool for raising awareness among the population. As a management instrument, EE seems to assume a technical and disciplining character, and as a tool to raise awareness among the population, it reflects the utilitarian model of society, favorable to the principles of a conservative EE. The association test showed that the studied urban green park was represented mainly by the words “degradation” and “natural,” showing dichotomous and biologizing trends. The results indicate the need to adopt activities that allow transposing the experiences presented by the students. It will contribute to the construction of a more critical, emancipatory EE that is really focused on the complex environmental agenda.

The daily pressures exerted by urban centers, added to the absence of green areas, end up promoting great damage to the quality of life of the resident population. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of a green park in the central area in Dourados, MS, Brazil, on thermal and sound comfort through environmental indicators. The following measurements were taken: air temperature, relative air humidity, light incidence, and noise variation at sampling points in the Arnulpho Fioravante green park and adjacent areas. The thermal discomfort index (TDI), which considers the variables air temperature and relative air humidity, was also adopted. TDI and noise results indicated that the park has little influence on adjacent areas. On the other hand, the park area with the highest plant density showed significant TDI values, classifying it between “feeling comfortable” and “feeling partially uncomfortable.” Areas of the city and the park without vegetation had many “feeling uncomfortable” ratings. Moreover, the vegetation may have acted as a filter to minimize urban noise. Our results indicate that urban green areas are important components in maintaining the population’s quality of life, provided they have good planning and management of available forest resources.