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Area of Concentration: TERRITORIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS
Component	Subjects	Courseload	Status
CJP7155	Analysis of degradation / desertification	96h	Elective
CJP7188	Geo-environmental bases and Geoecology of the Landscape	96h	Elective
CJP7200	Geo-environmental dynamics of the coastal zone	96h	Elective
CJP7222	Agrarian Space and Power Relations	96h	Elective
CJP7233	Space, Land, Landscape, Region	96h	Elective
CJP7244	Teaching Geography Internship I	32h	Elective
CJP7266	Geoprocessing	96h	Elective
CJP7299	Landscape and Environmental Territorialization	96h	Elective
CJP7344	Special Topics	48h	Elective
CJP8000	Urban Climate	96h	Elective
CJP8011	Dynamics of Symbolic Places: Imagination and Planning	96h	Elective
CJP8022	Geography of the Coast	96h	Elective
CJP8155	Territory, Peasantry and Power Relations	96h	Elective
Area in Concentration: COMMON TO OTHER AREAS
Component	Subjects	Courseload	Status
CJP0023	Qualification	16h	Required
CJP0081	Proficiency	16h	Required
CJP0171	Teaching Probation I	64h	Required
Area of Concentration: TERRITORIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS
Component	Subjects	Courseload	Status
CJP7300	Seminars on Specific Themes	48h	Required
CJP7999	Dissertation	96h	Required

 

 

The Graduate Program in Geography at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) has as its main objective the training of qualified geographers to work in research, extension, and teaching, contributing to the production of geographic knowledge while being committed to social transformation. This is achieved through the integration of theory and practice, the promotion of innovation, sustainability, social inclusion, and ethical principles.

To achieve its objectives, the Program is organized into two interconnected research lines, reflecting the accumulated experience throughout its trajectory and the results expressed in its scientific and technical production:

Research Line 1 – Socio-Environmental Studies of the Coastal Zone: aims to promote research concerning the dynamics of nature and the geo-environmental, political, economic, and cultural analysis of cities and their networks, examining changes and continuities in representations and new geographic information systems, and expanding spatial configurations related to urban expansion in arid, humid, and coastal zones.

Research Line 2 – Nature, Countryside, and City in the Semi-Arid Region: aims to stimulate and develop research related to strategies of regionalization, border connections (national/international), and territorial occupation through technical, cultural, and geo-economic challenges of modernization and interiorization policies, expanding spatial configurations in semi-arid and inland regions.

In accordance with these objectives, the Program’s structure goes beyond the dichotomies still present in the field of Geography. By integrating different research lines, it seeks to bring together faculty and researchers with diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, in order to understand the interactions between society, time, space, and nature, especially through the analysis of modernization processes at a macro-regional scale. In this sense, themes such as the environment, geoprocessing, and teaching are approached in a transdisciplinary manner.

The achievement of the Program’s mission and the implementation of its objectives reinforce its commitment to society at multiple scales, addressing emerging topics and issues. In this way, PPGG/UFC contributes to both the public and private sectors, training professionals who are attentive to the State’s demands and the needs of society.

Internationalization has been one of the hallmarks of the Graduate Program in Geography at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), consolidating partnerships with academic institutions in several countries over time. Since its creation, PPGGeo has strengthened ties of scientific and academic cooperation that reflect both the founding tradition of Brazilian Geography and the pursuit of symmetrical and collaborative relationships with foreign institutions.

This process can be understood in two main phases: a foundational phase, characterized by asymmetrical ties and the influence of the French School, and a phase of consolidation and diversification, in the context of graduate studies, which significantly expanded the geographic and thematic scope of international partnerships.

In 2018, PPGGeo achieved one of its greatest milestones: coordinating the Institutional Program for Internationalization (PRINT/CAPES). This achievement enabled the expansion and strengthening of international partnerships between 2018 and 2024, securing funding and scholarships for sandwich PhDs, academic missions, and visiting professor grants.

In the same year, the Program was awarded support through the CAPES/FUNCAP Call No. 04/2017 — Support for Scientific Cooperation Strategies, which sustained international activities until 2021. With this funding, sandwich PhD scholarships were granted to institutions in Spain, France, Mexico, and the United States; visiting professor grants were awarded for Spain, France, and New Zealand; and researchers from Poland, France, Spain, the United States, Argentina, and New Zealand participated in national-scale events promoted by the Program.

PPGGeo’s international engagement has stood out for establishing symmetrical and collaborative relationships, centered on synergy between research groups and networks focused on globally relevant themes and on addressing scientific challenges aligned with the international research agenda. Over more than two decades, internationalization has consolidated itself as a key strategy for institutional strengthening, reflected in high-quality scientific production, established academic collaborations, and the Program’s prominence as the highest-rated graduate program in Geography in Brazil’s North and Northeast regions, with international recognition for its excellence.

This trajectory has provided valuable experience and a deeper understanding of the main challenges facing northern Brazil, contributing to the attraction of new international partners, researcher mobility, joint supervision of theses and dissertations, cotutelle agreements, and the securing of funding and scientific cooperation projects.

At the national level, PPGGeo/UFC participates in network programs (CNPq), develops research and innovation projects (FUNCAP), and engages faculty in planning policies across different scales, with emphasis on projects funded by the Fortaleza City Government and the Government of the State of Ceará.

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 Partnerships with French Universities

Collaboration with French institutions has been steadily expanding through consolidated partnerships with universities such as Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Université Rennes 2, and Université du Maine. These connections reflect not only the international engagement of UFC’s Graduate Programs but also their articulation with research networks focused on socio-environmental and territorial themes.

In 2015, Prof. José Borzacchiello da Silva was invited to take part in two major academic events in France. At the 1st Franco-Brazilian International Colloquium, promoted by the International Geographical Union in partnership with the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, he delivered a lecture on contemporary socio-spatial issues in Brazil. That same year, he was a keynote speaker at the international seminar Transition sociale et environnementale de systèmes agricoles et agro-alimentaires au Brésil, organized by Université Rennes 2, which focused on socio-environmental transformations in rural Brazil.

Also in 2015, Prof. Adryane Gorayeb began a joint PhD supervision (cotutelle) with Prof. François Laurent of Université du Maine, developing a research project on border conflicts between Brazil and France, particularly in the Amapá–French Guiana region. This research is framed within a critical geographical approach to border dynamics, international cooperation, and regional geopolitics.

France plays a central role in the Program’s internationalization trajectory:

• Université de Paris VIII – CAPES/COFECUB Agreement (1995–1999), focused on urban geography and urbanism, enabling exchanges, seminars, PhDs, and postdoctoral research.

• Université de Paris IV (Sorbonne) – Active partnership since 2002, with technical missions, faculty and student exchanges, scientific expeditions, and joint publications.

• Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour – Participation in Franco-Brazilian events and colloquia since 2015.

• Université Rennes 2 – Cooperation focused on social and environmental transition in agricultural and agri-food systems.

• Université du Maine – Joint PhD supervision involving research on Brazil–French Guiana border conflicts.

Between 2021 and 2024, PPGGeo significantly expanded its institutional relations with French universities, strengthening and diversifying partnerships established in earlier periods. In addition to the consolidated collaborations with Le Mans Université, Université d’Angers, and Université Catholique de l’Ouest, new connections were established with Institut SupAgro Montpellier, Université Sorbonne Lettres, and Université Aix-Marseille. The first three are part of the PRINT/CAPES Program, through which PPGGeo/UFC maintains active inter-institutional agreements.

At Le Mans Université, cooperation has been dynamic and continuous, with emphasis on scientific research and bilateral academic mobility. Highlights include:

• Participation of Prof. Guillaume Bailly in 2022 in a PRINT event and in an outreach activity promoted by Prof. Adryane and LABOCART, as part of the co-supervision of Mariana Amâncio’s master’s dissertation “The use of participatory methodologies in the context of the Pacoti River APA, Ceará, Brazil”;

• Remote working meetings in 2021 with Profs. François Laurent, Arnaud Gasnier, and Vincent Andreu, in collaboration with the Urban and Regional Planning Laboratory (LAPUR);

• Prof. Eustógio Dantas serving as Visiting Professor at Le Mans Université in 2024;

• A 2022 scientific mission in which graduate student Mariana Amâncio visited Le Mans Université for research activities and advisory meetings with co-supervisor Guillaume Bailly;

• Prof. Eustógio Dantas’ participation in two Master 2 (Gestion des Territoires et Développement) defense committees, supervised by Prof. François Laurent, as well as a lecture in the doctoral seminar at the same institution in 2024.

At Université Catholique de l’Ouest and Université d’Angers, collaborations have also been strengthened. Notable examples include:

• Prof. Eustógio Dantas teaching in the Master 1 – STAPS Sport Management program (2024) at Université Catholique de l’Ouest;

• His participation in the scientific event “La quenouille, la gogane et le Ramsar” and an ESO Network academic meeting, both held at Université d’Angers in 2024.

At Institut SupAgro Montpellier (UMR G-Eau), a 2024 scientific mission brought together Profs. Jader Santos, Alexandre Pereira, and Eustógio Dantas with partners Marcel Kuper and Julien Burte, along with several local researchers. Key activities included:

• A keynote lecture by Prof. Jader Santos at the event “Engaging Water Citizens”;

• A joint PhD (cotutelle) project by doctoral student Letícia Freitas, supervised by Profs. Marcel Kuper and Jader Santos.

At Université Aix-Marseille, collaboration has been marked by Prof. Rubson Maia’s participation in the CAPES-COFECUB project coordinated by Lionel Siame, which has facilitated scientific missions and the participation of French partners in academic activities in Brazil. Within this partnership, doctoral student Ana Beatriz Barbosa completed her sandwich PhD between 2023 and 2024.

At Université Sorbonne Lettres, doctoral student Nislene Lopes carried out her sandwich PhD in 2024, funded by the PRINT/CAPES Program and supervised by Prof. José Leonardo Tonus.

 

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Partnerships with Spanish Universities

Academic cooperation with Spanish universities represents one of the most consolidated axes of the internationalization strategy of UFC’s Graduate Program in Geography (PPGGeo). This relationship, which began with the training of graduate faculty members in institutions in Zaragoza and Barcelona, has expanded over the last decade, resulting in active agreements with institutions such as the University of Huelva, University of Seville, Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of the Balearic Islands, University of Alicante, and University of Alcalá de Henares.

The University of Huelva was the first to establish an agreement with the Program in 2010, focused on tourism and territorial planning. The partnership, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Alfonso Vargas Sánchez (GEIDETUR), promoted comparative studies between the regions of Huelva/Andalusia and Ceará/Northeast Brazil, as well as technical visits and research missions involving faculty, master’s, and doctoral students. The Program also participated in the Spanish teaching innovation project La Evaluación en Asignaturas de Geografía, aimed at formative assessment.

That same year, an agreement was signed with the University of Seville through the Official Master’s in Territorial and Local Development Planning and Management, coordinated by Prof. Enrique Javier López Lara. This partnership was strengthened by the postdoctoral fellowship of Prof. Christian Oliveira (Dec/2010 – Jun/2011), titled Geo-heritage of Andalusian Sanctuaries, supported by CAPES and Fundación Carolina. The exchange fostered the reception of visiting professors and graduate students for research missions. As a result, between 2014 and 2015, two students carried out sandwich PhDs at the Universities of Huelva and Seville.

In 2012, ties were renewed with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with the arrival of Prof. Sergio Rossi to collaborate on coastal research in Ceará and to teach the graduate course Global Change, Climate, and Ocean Impacts. In partnership with Prof. Antonio Jeovah de Andrade Meireles, this cooperation resulted in:

• Reception of 15 Spanish undergraduate students (2012–2014) and two postdoctoral fellows (2016);

• Co-supervision (cotutelle) of a PhD at the University of Barcelona (2015);

• Joint publication in the international journal Ocean & Coastal Management;

• Approval of two consecutive projects (2015 and 2016) under the CAPES High-Level Studies Program, focused on ecosystem services valuation and coastal and marine environmental dynamics.

The partnership with the University of the Balearic Islands began in 2014, with PPGGeo faculty participating in PhD defense committees in Spain and the reception of visiting professors who delivered lectures and presented thematic research in the program.

In the same year, a former UFC master’s student began her doctoral studies at the University of Alicante with a Science Without Borders fellowship, under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Aledo. This cooperation enabled joint supervision with Prof. Eustógio Dantas and included Prof. Aledo’s participation in the XIV Urban Geography Symposium (2015), at the roundtable City: a Project for the Future.

In 2016, Prof. Dr. Mario Buggi of the University of Alcalá de Henares carried out a two-month research stay with the UFC Graduate Program in Geography, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Edson Vicente da Silva. During his stay, he taught the course Environmental Ethics for master’s and doctoral students and participated in field activities organized by the Laboratory of Geoecology of Landscapes and Environmental Planning (LAGEPLAN). This experience reinforces the institutional effort to expand and consolidate new exchange opportunities with Spanish universities.

Since the previous CAPES evaluation period (2017–2020), PPGGeo has established research agreements with several Spanish institutions, including the Universities of Alicante, Alcalá, Seville, Pablo de Olavide, and Santiago de Compostela. In the current period (2021–2024), academic activities with the University of Alicante and the University of Alcalá have been particularly significant, under the scope of PRINT/CAPES, in addition to a new partnership formalized with the University of Barcelona.

In Spain, the long-standing cooperation with the University of Alicante has taken on a distinctly scientific profile, with extensive participation of UFC/PPGGeo faculty (Eustógio Dantas, Alexandre Pereira, Adryane Gorayeb, Alexandra Oliveira, and Iara Gomes) and a program alumna (Marilia Sousa) in international networks, publications, and academic events. Among these initiatives, notable highlights include participation in the Red Internacional de Estudios Socioambientales, based at the University of Alicante and coordinated by Prof. Antonio Aledo. This network integrates approaches and results in the analysis, planning, and management of socio-environmental issues across Latin America and Europe. Within this collaboration, key achievements include:

• Organization of the International Congress of Socio-Environmental Studies (2022) and its subsequent publication Impacto Social y Desarrollo (2022), edited by Guadalupe Ortiz, Antonio Aledo, and José Gomez, with contributions by Profs. Eustógio Dantas, Alexandre Pereira, and alumna Marilia Silva;

• A 2022 scientific mission funded by PRINT/CAPES, enabling Profs. Adryane Gorayeb and Alexandra Oliveira to participate in technical visits, research meetings, and as speakers at the International Event on Cooperativism and Rural Development, promoted in cooperation with the Federal Institute of Pará, Le Mans Université (France), and Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes (Ecuador);

• Participation of Prof. Daniel Lopez (University of Alicante) in a PRINT/CAPES event in Brazil, as well as his involvement in extension projects coordinated by Profs. Iara Gomes and Alexandra Oliveira.

At the University of Barcelona, collaboration was strengthened by the 2024 scientific mission of Prof. Iara Gomes, funded by FUNCAP. This initiative stems from the partnership between researchers Fransualdo Azevedo (UFRN) and Maria Àngels Alió (UB) in the development of the research project Challenges of Food Production and Flows in Metropolises.

With the University of Alcalá, scientific collaborations have also resulted in joint publications by Profs. Mario Burgui and Edson Silva, particularly the project The effect of construction intensity on landscape preferences, published in Environmental Development (2022), among other outcomes.

 

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Partnership with Portuguese Universities

In Portugal, several contacts were established with the aim of formalizing agreements with institutions such as the University of Minho, the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, and the University of Coimbra.

At the University of Minho, the first contact involved Professor João Sarmento and pointed to the possibility of a partnership with UFC and UFPR. Although an attempt was made to implement this collaboration in 2013, to date the intended exchanges of researchers and the development of research in the field of Urban and Cultural Geography have not yet materialized.

With the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, an agreement was signed in 2012 under the responsibility of Professor Maria da Graça Mouga Poça Santos, representing the Research Center on Identity(ies) and Diversity(ies).

The University of Coimbra formalized an agreement in 2013, linked to the Integrated Watershed Management Project. Within this framework, joint activities were carried out between the two institutions. At the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012, a PPGGeo graduate student completed a sandwich PhD at the University of Coimbra, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lúcio José Sobral da Cunha.

In 2013, strengthening this connection, contact was established with Professor Santana, a specialist in Health Geography, which enabled, in 2014, the reception of three doctoral students to partially fulfill their academic requirements at this institution.

In 2015, at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) of the University of Lisbon, PhD candidate Tiago Estevam Gonçalves carried out a sandwich doctorate in Urban Geography, under the supervision of Prof. Herculano Alberto Pinho Cachinho. During the same period, PhD candidate Gledson Magalhães also engaged in academic activities at the institution.

In Portugal, during the 2021–2024 evaluation period, scientific cooperation activities of the UFC Graduate Program in Geography (PPGGeo/UFC) were intensified with the University of Lisbon and the University of Coimbra.

At the University of Lisbon, both research projects and faculty exchange programs have been consolidated. In research, a joint grant was provided by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and FUNCAP (Brazil) from 2017 to 2021 for the development of the GRAMPCITY project, dedicated to studying population aging in Lisbon and Fortaleza. The project was coordinated by Professors Nuno Costa (University of Lisbon) and Eustógio Dantas (PPGGeo/UFC), resulting in two defended master’s dissertations supervised by Prof. Clélia Costa and Prof. Eustógio Dantas, as well as the international event Aging in the Metropolis in 2022, with the participation of Professors Nuno Costa and Eduarda Costa.

In terms of faculty mobility, notable participation includes Prof. Vladia Oliveira’s involvement in the Erasmus+ AMIGOS Program, linked to the University of Lisbon and articulated with the REALP network, which enabled her participation as a lecturer at the Ecology of Semi-Arid Zones Workshop in 2023.

At the University of Coimbra, partnerships have been developed since 2018, with emphasis on the participation of Prof. José da Silva in the Summer Course of the Iberian Studies Center, currently in its 23rd edition, coordinated by Prof. Rui Jacinto (University of Coimbra) and Prof. María Isabel Martín Jiménez (University of Salamanca). During the current evaluation period, Professors José da Silva, Eustógio Dantas, and Alexandre Pereira contributed presentations (in remote format) at the 2023 event, with the papers subsequently published in the conference proceedings. In 2024, works authored by Professors Eustógio Dantas and José da Silva were selected for publication in the journal Iberografia, currently in press.

Partnership with Swedish Universities

The partnership initiated in the previous evaluation period was expanded in the current cycle through the project developed in collaboration with the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), under the overall coordination of Jorge Amorim and regional coordination of Prof. Elisa Zanella. Funded by the Copernicus Climate Change Services program of SMHI between 2019 and 2021, the project TropiCool – Green Infrastructure in Tropical Cities for Reducing Heat Stress and Adapting to Climate Change involved the participation of PPGGeo/UFC faculty and students, as well as researchers from FUNCEME and SEUMA, in cooperation with Swedish partners.

As part of this collaboration, an international colloquium was held in 2023 with the participation of researchers Jorge Amorim, Heiner Körnich, Isabel Ribeiro, David Segersson, Susanna Hagelin, and Lars Gidhagen.

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 Partnership with American Universities

In 2012/13, the Graduate Program in Geography was approved to host the 33rd Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG), the first of its kind held in Brazil. The event was organized by Prof. Christian Dennys Monteiro de Oliveira, with institutional support from CNPq, CAPES, FUNCAP, the Center for Sciences, and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at UFC.

With approximately 300 participants (25% international), the event fostered significant integration between the geographies of Latin America and North America, deepening studies on borders and regional themes. The event’s impact led to Prof. Christian Dennys receiving CLAG’s Enlaces Award (2016) for his contributions to strengthening academic relations between Latin America and the United States.

In 2014, a CAPES PVE project was approved in partnership with Texas A&M University, aimed at strengthening cooperation between research groups in Geoprocessing, Climatology, and Water Resources at UFC and the U.S. institution. The project, coordinated by Prof. Adryane Gorayeb (UFC) and Prof. Christian Brannstrom (Texas A&M), focused on the Impacts of Wind Energy on the Northeastern Brazilian Coast.

Key activities included:

• Insertion of professors Christian Brannstrom and Wendy Jepson as visiting scholars at UFC, both remotely and in person (courses, fieldwork, and thesis committees).

• Sandwich PhD fellowships awarded to UFC students: Caroline Loureiro (2015), Paula Tomaz (2016–2017), Leilane Chaves (2016–2017), Nicolly Leite (2017), and Wallason Farias (2017).

• Joint international scientific production, with publications in journals such as Journal of Coastal Research and Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In 2016, the project Urban Water Provisioning and Household Water Security in Northeast Brazil was approved, funded by Fulbright/CAPES and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), under the coordination of Prof. Wendy Jepson, with the participation of Prof. Jader Santos and UFC graduate students.

Also in 2016, efforts began to establish a cooperation agreement with the University of Kansas, initiated by the visit of Prof. Chris Brown. The goals included sending UFC students for sandwich PhD training and hosting faculty as visiting professors. In 2017, PhD candidate Wellington Romão completed a six-month sandwich program at the institution, under co-supervision of Prof. Chris Brown.

As another outcome of CLAG 2015, collaboration with Springer was consolidated, with Prof. Eustógio Dantas joining, in 2016, the editorial board of two book series:

• The Latin American Studies Book Series (E. Dantas, J. Rabassa, A. Sluyter)

• SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies (J. Rabassa, E. Dantas, A. Sluyter)

Among the works published by program faculty, the following stand out:

• Coastal Geography in Northeast Brazil: Analyzing Maritimity in the Tropics

• French-Brazilian Geography: The Influence of French Geography in Brazil

• Religious Tourism and Heritage in Brazil (2017)

• Structural Geomorphology in the Northeast (2020)

• Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro (Observatório das Metrópoles)

Also in 2016, a project with Prof. Peter Michael Rosset (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur – ECOSUR, Mexico) was approved through CAPES Call 65/2014. Coordinated by Prof. Francisco Amaro Gomes de Alencar, the project Peasant Schools and the Territorialization of Agroecology aimed to develop a theory for the territorialization and scaling of agroecology in Brazil, especially in Ceará.

That same year, collaboration began with the Argentine Institute for Arid Zone Research (IADIZA/CONICET), with Dr. Elena María de las Neves Abraham co-supervising PhD student Érika Gomes. The project, Monitoring Land Degradation and Desertification in the Western Sertões of Ceará and Argentina, was supervised by Prof. Vladia Pinto Vidal and funded by CAPES through the Sandwich PhD Program (Call No. 19/2016).

In the current evaluation period, the partnership with Texas A&M University has been maintained and strengthened with the approval of the project Urban Water Provisioning and Household Water Security in Northeast Brazil, funded by Fulbright/CAPES and the U.S. National Science Foundation (2018–2023). The project, coordinated internationally by Prof. Wendy Jepson and, in Brazil, by Prof. Jader Santos, focuses on assessing urban household water supply systems in Northeastern Brazil. The initiative also includes researchers from various countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia, articulated through the HWISE network (Household Water Insecurity Experiences).

Within this cooperation, institutional ties with Springer have also been consolidated. As a result, since 2016, Prof. Eustógio Dantas has served on the editorial board of two important Springer series: (i) The Latin American Studies Book Series (Dantas, E.C.; Rabassa, J.; Sluyter, A.) and (ii) SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies (Rabassa, J.; Dantas, E.C.; Sluyter, A.).

Read more: Interinstitutional Academic Partnerships

RESEARCH LINE 1 – SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF THE COASTAL ZONE

This line aims to promote research concerning the dynamics of nature and the geoenvironmental, political, economic, and cultural analysis of cities and their networks. It investigates changes and continuities in representations and new geographic information systems, expanding spatial configurations related to urban expansion in wetlands and coastal zones.

Faculty Members:

• Prof. Dr. Adryane Gorayeb

• Prof. Dr. Antônio Jeovah de Andrade Meireles

• Prof. Dr. Alexandre Queiroz Pereira

• Prof. Dr. Carlos Henrique Sopchaki

• Prof. Dr. Christian Brannstrom

• Prof. Dr. Edson Vicente da Silva

• Prof. Dr. Eustógio Wanderley Correia Dantas

• Prof. Dr. Fábio de Oliveira Matos

• Prof. Dr. Lidriana de Souza Pinheiro

• Prof. Dr. Maria Clélia Lustosa da Costa

• Prof. Dr. Martín Alejandro Iribarnegaray

Projects linked to Research Line 1 – Socio-Environmental Studies of the Coastal Zone

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RESEARCH LINE 2 – NATURE, COUNTRYSIDE, AND CITY IN THE SEMI-ARID REGION

This line aims to stimulate and develop research related to strategies of regionalization, border connections (national/international), and territorial occupation through the technical, cultural, and geo-economic challenges of modernization policies and the interiorization of agrarian development. It seeks to expand spatial configurations of semi-arid and sertanejo regions.

Faculty Members:

• Prof. Dr. Alexandra Maria de Oliveira

• Prof. Dr. Alexsandra Maria Vieira Muniz

• Prof. Dr. Christian Dennys Monteiro de Oliveira

• Prof. Dr. Dirceu Rogério Cadena de Melo Filho

• Prof. Dr. Eduardo von Dentz

• Prof. Dr. Flavio Rodrigues do Nascimento

• Prof. Dr. Iara Rafaela Gomes

• Prof. Dr. Jader de Oliveira Santos

• Prof. Dr. José Borzacchiello da Silva

• Prof. Dr. Rubson Pinheiro Maia

• Prof. Dr. Tiago Vieira Cavalcante

• Prof. Dr. Vládia Pinto Vidal de Oliveira

Projects Linked to Research Line 2 – Nature, Countryside, and City in the Semi-Arid Region