Ítalo Sousa de Sena

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• PhD in Geography
• Assistant Professor in Digital Landscape Design at University College Dublin

Digital tools, especially games, are increasingly important for enabling citizen participation in urban planning. Among these, Minecraft has been widely utilized to engage children, leveraging its virtual environment to represent geospatial data. However, systematic methods for collecting and analyzing player-generated data within Minecraft remain...

This paper presents and discusses the use of methodologies for shared and participatory planning through Geodesign, in areas of irregular occupation and social vulnerability in the urban areas of the Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is illustrated by the development of four case studies with varying degrees of complexity, participation, an...

This chapter concentrates on the implementation of the geogame GeoMinasCraft and its use for geographical virtual explorations. The game was implemented to study the use of geospatial data for the visualizations of landscapes in a serious game. The users/players can take on an adventure, explore the landscapes, learn about geodiversity, and face di...

Belo Horizonte, as well as other Brazilian cities, takes the challenge to attend the urgency of reducing poverty in precarious settlements. The Municipality has a kind of informal settlements, that were resulted from orchestrated urban recent movements and that are inhabited by low-income families. They are called "urban occupations". These areas,...

The Lund Warming Ramsar Site (LWRS), located in southeastern Brazil, is an area rich in geological and geomorphological features, especially karst formations that are excellent representatives of local geodiversity. However, the Geotourism potential of LWRS has not yet been studied in its full potential. This research aims to perform a spatial anal...

This article presents an innovative approach to Geosciences education through the development of a Digital Outcrop Model (DOM) combined with virtual reality. Fieldwork has long been a valuable didactic resource for teaching geological processes and rock outcrop analysis. In this study, a photogrammetric survey was conducted on the rhythmite in the...

The paper proposes a methodological framework for the definition and characterization of Landscape Units for the use in regional planning, emphasizing landscape as a new planning category in Brazil. The case study is the Iron Quadrangle, an area with distinguished cultural value due to its role in the formation of Brazilian urban network during the...

The Serra do Cipó National Park (PARNA Cipó) is a UNESCO-recognized site and part of the Serra do Espinhaço Biosphere Reserve (RBIO Espinhaço). However, the educational and interpretive materials in PARNA primarily focus on nature tourism and do not adequately explore the geodiversity related to abiotic attractions. This study evaluates the potenti...

Coastal cities are confronted with the imperative to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Within the realm of adaptation strategies, ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has emerged as a prominent solution for enhancing the resilience of coastal communities. However, a significant obstacle lies in the effective dissemination and comprehension of the...

Digital technology has shaped the way humans interact with information and create knowledge. These conditions have in turn shaped a generation of people who experienced virtual environments very early in their lives and are often referred to as digital natives. This group of people has a particular way of communicating and interacting. It character...

This article concentrates on ways in which novel playful technologies can engage youth in co-creation of living environments. The presented study focuses on five selected prototypes of serious digital geogames and gamified storytelling that were developed specifically for younger generations of users. The analysis concentrates on reviewing their go...

Riqueza é um município rural do extremo oeste do estado de Santa Catarina. Esse livro analisa e integra a dimensão territorial e urbana do município, tornando-se um importante subsidio para elaboração de instrumentos de planejamento urbanístico e da paisagem. O estudo utiliza uma abordagem integrada, que trata de todos os aspectos de cunho urbaníst...

O acelerado processo de inovação tecnológica contribuiu para o surgimento novas mídias de comunicação e interação, tal como os jogos digitais. Estes podem ser utilizados para fins além do entretenimento, podendo tratar de temas sérios. Os geogames são jogos digitais onde as relações espaciais desempenham papel central nas mecânicas de jogo. A parti...

Citizens’ inclusion in the process of urban planning brought innovative ways to produce, assess and make data available. The principle of voluntary geographic information was proposed to register people’s activities and can result from motivation, as “mission-oriented”. Processes emerged from the use of geospatial data by citizens, and geodesign is...

The article presents results about Geodesign studies of the Iron Quadrangle (Quadrilátero Ferrífero – QF) that are under development since 2016, based on economic, environmental, and social approaches, with the goal to promote cultural landscape planning based on shared process, giving support to collective and individual opinion making. This paper...

Os jogos digitais têm ganhado relevância dada sua capacidade de comunicar e engajar pessoas, sendo aplicados desde o entretenimento até finalidades sérias. O Minecraft é um fenômeno deste processo dado sua mecânica de mundo aberto e modificável, possibilitando a produção de ambientes virtuais a partir de dados espaciais reais para a representação d...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of Minecraft’s game environment for urban planning with older and younger children in a public school in Tirol town, Brazil. Minecraft is employed as an innovative tool to tackle the present lack of engagement and involvement of key societal actors such as children and young people in urban plan...

O município de Nova Lima, em Minas Gerais, está localizado em área de grandes elevações altimétricas e declives acentuados. O município compõe a franja sul da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte e, sendo fronteira com a capital, tornou-se território de expressivo valor imobiliário. Por outro lado, Nova Lima integra a região do Quadrilátero ferrí...

Landscape is understood as the elements present in space that are perceptible to our senses, and can assume specific values according to the perspective of observation or functions associated to it. In the discovery of the landscapes of Minas Gerais, the relief and its physiographic features served as geographical landmarks, guiding the occupation...

A modelagem e o uso de jogos digitais com temática na construção de cidades e a sua relação de equilíbrio com a camada ambiental do território têm sido utilizados tanto nos estudos urbanos quanto como suporte à participação cidadã no planejamento. A esses jogos se denomina Serious Geogames, jogos sérios, pois colocam as pessoas interagindo em dinâm...

The paper defends the importance of access to data, as Copernicus Project that allows the use Sentinel satellite images to map land use. It puts emphasis in vegetation cover, using metrics of Landscape Ecology, mainly the edge effect, to measure the relation between built and green landscape in urban areas. Develops case studies in European cities...

Today, in some Brazilian cities, there is the possibility of using high-resolution data and automated classification based on spectral bands. Thus, this article aims to evaluate the association of the NDVI(normalized difference vegetation index) to the use of LiDAR, in order to analyze urban vegetation cover and the changes of the local landscapes....

The landscape is composed by a serie of phenomena and structures that are related from the exchange of energy and matter. Geodiversity composes the abiotic portion of this system, supporting life and human activities. Understanding this relationship allows us to interact with the landscape in a more cohesive way, considering its singularities and h...

A paisagem é composta por uma série de fenômenos e estruturas que se relacionam a partir da troca de energia e matéria. A geodiversidade compõe a porção abiótica deste sistema, dando suporte à vida e às atividades antrópicas. Compreender esta relação possibilita que possamos interagir com a paisagem de forma mais coesa, considerando suas singularid...

Today, in some Brazilian cities, there is the possibility of using high-resolution data and automated classification based on spectral bands. Thus, this article aims to evaluate the association of the NDVI(normalized difference vegetation index) to the use of LiDAR, in order to analyze urban vegetation cover and the changes of the local landscapes....

RESUMO O artigo defende a importância do acesso livre a dados, como o Projeto Copernicus que permite que os cidadãos usem imagens de sensoriamento remoto Sentinel para mapearem o uso do solo. Destaca o mapeamento da cobertura vegetal e o uso de métricas da Ecologia da Paisagem, principalmente o efeito de borda, para medir a relação entre áreas verd...

The objective of this work is to present the proposed Geological Risk Index (IRG) for the municipality of Norcia, with the main focus being to relate the geological risk to strategies and proposals for regional planning. The variables included in this index are as follows: slope, lenght-gradient stream index, hydrogeology and structural geology. Th...

Apresenta-se neste, o cálculo dos fatores de emissão veiculares dos 11 municípios com frota registrada maior do que 100.000 veículos no Estado de Minas Gerais.

Geotourism presents itself as an important mechanism of valorization and conservation of the geological heritage. However, for the activity to be effective, it is necessary to analyze the context of the landscape in which it is intended to establish this kind of activity. For this, spatial analysis techniques have been implemented in the context of...

The availability of high-resolution cartographic data is a trigger for the discussion about the quality of urban ambiance, as a result of comparison between indexes of vegetation cover and built area, aiming at the inclusion of new urban parameters in cities' management and planning. This paper aims not only to provide visualization about location...

Geotourism presents itself as an important mechanism of valorization and conservation of the geological heritage. However, for the activity to be effective, it is necessary to analyze the context of the landscape in which it is intended to establish this kind of activity. For this, spatial analysis techniques have been implemented in the context of...

The main goal of the article is to explore the potential of Minecraft as a platform to engage children into participatory planning. The game enables the players to easily design using blocks to build structures like houses, playgrounds , lakes, vegetation, agriculture, etc. The area of study is a town called Tirol, a heritage protected settlement b...

Abstract. Participatory Urban Planning in Brazil is predicted in Brazil, but not effective, and the interest of children might be a way of awakening adults’ interests. Serious Games for urban planning, Geogames, is an innovative approach for participatory design, seeking to fill a blank on recognition of city values, which are tangible and intangib...

The use of GIS tools for monitoring environmental and cultural heritage through digital terrain models and visual axis in order to ensure a local preservation and demonstrate the relevance to conservation. This conservation is to maintain the local as a tourist, cultural and historical place. Since the survey can be done in a digital platform, ther...

The use of GIS tools for monitoring environmental and cultural heritage through digital terrain models and visual axis in order to ensure a local preservation and demonstrate the relevance to conservation. This conservation is to maintain the local as a tourist, cultural and historical place. Since the survey can be done in a digital platform, ther...

During the last decades the development of conservationists ideas contributed significantly to appearance of new modalities of tourism. Among these modalities we highlight geotourism, which focuses on the touristic use of abiotic elements of nature, with a view to their scientific, didactic and contemplative values. Linked to geotourism was created...

The natural underground cavity calls “Lapa da Forquilha” is included among the great discoveries made in Brazil by Peter Wilhelm Lund, great scientist who has devoted much of his life and most of his scientific works in Minas Gerais state. The cave (re)discovery helps us to understand the ways that the naturalist toured since meeting with his count...

O desenvolvimento dos ideais conservacionistas e o surgimento de modalidades turísticas como o ecoturismo e o geoturismo ampliou o interesse das populações urbanas por áreas naturais. Esse acréscimo de visitação em áreas de preservação ambiental é positivo em relação à divulgação dos patrimônios biótico e abiótico. Contudo, o acesso a este tipo de...

One of the big challenges faced by transportation planning in Brazil is the use of outdated methods to deal with large number of variables and policies. Traditional methods still in use by transportation practitioner were designed decades ago, and present limited capacity to perform optimal deliverables due to the today´s complexity of the variable...

Geotouristic potencial of Geocultural Heritage of Serra da Calçada, Quadriláterio Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil

The remote sensing techniques can be considered as essentials tools for study and management of environmental resources. Thus, the development of methods using orbital data can result in responses that contribute in planning and management of the landscape. Therefore, this paper proposed an analysis of the surface albedo in the Lapa Grande State Pa...

As grutas e cavernas sempre exerceram nos homens um misto de fascínio e medo, por serem formações atípicas em relação a outras formações geológicas, o que causa curiosidade e deslumbramento ao serem visitadas. Outro fator que aumenta o interesse pela visitação nas cavernas é o fato destas serem, geralmente, cercadas de lendas e contos variados. Est...

RESUMO A Gruta Casa da Pedra, situada entre as cidades turísticas mineiras de São João del-Rei e Tiradentes, apresenta grande potencial de visitação por estar localizada em um importante pólo turístico nacional, o Circuito da Estrada Real. Além disso, seu contexto geológico regional potencializa seu valor geoturístico, pelo fato desta ser a única g...