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Collection of scientific articles on Atafona: click here.

• There is also available here a collection of texts, course conclusion works, theses, dissertations and book chapters on coastal processes with their implications for the north coast of Rio de Janeiro (fluminense).

Other pertinent publications:

1- Márcia Vianna Hissa Azevedo:

• Atafona. Patrimony out to sea: formation, planning and destruction of the Atafona Balneário - RJ. Master's thesis in regional planning and city management, UCAM.

2- Camila Antunes Zappes and contributors:

• Perception of fishermen in the north of Rio de Janeiro (Fluminense) about the viability of artisanal fishing with the implementation of a mega port enterprise.

3- Leandro Fernandes Viana:

• Environmental mill: adaptive dynamics and coping with environmental changes with a focus on coastal erosion in Atafona, São José da Barra (RJ), PhD thesis UENF (soon).

4- Renan da Silva Gomes:

• Island, the sea and the "City under water": landscapes and environmental changes in Atafona - Master's dissertation, Geografia-UFRJ;

• Atafonias: Sense of landscape in a fishing community in northern Rio de Janeiro (fluminense) - Doctoral thesis, geography-UFRJ.

5- Sérgio Cadena de Vasconcelos:

• Coastal dynamics at the mouth of the Paraíba do Sul river - Course completion work - Geografia-UFF;

• Evolution Morphology of the sand barriers to the north of the mouth of the Paraíba do Sul River, RJ - Master's dissertation, marine geology and geophysics-UFF;

• Morphostratigraphy of the coastal plain north of the Paraíba do Sul river (RJ) - Doctoral thesis, geography-UFF.

6- Fernanda Augusta Pinto Teixeira:

• Landscape analysis of the Açu port logistics and industrial complex in São João da Barra-RJ - Course completion work, geography-UFF.

Images about Atafona: click here

• They are images of different types, but they reveal important aspects of the physical environment at the mouth of the Paraíba River in São José da Barra/RJ and São Francisco do Itabapoana/RJ.

Images by:

• Artificial satellites systems: LANDSAT, CBERS, IKONOS, GeoEye, etc...;

• Photogrammetry (historical series: 1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1976, 2000, 2005);

• Drones/Vants;

• Ultralight;

• Panoramic terrestrial photographs.

Other pertinent websites:

https://gilbertounifesp.wixsite.com/atafona

Lecture held on 07/27/2021 on "Images of Atafona" as an activity of the observatory of coastal dynamics.

Images about Atafona: click here

At UNIFESP-Baixada Santista, The Digital Mapping Nucleus extension program and form of use of territories, with a linked extension project: Media Production in Earth Sciences. Experimental video produced by Students:

The sea of ​​Atafona.

There is a fictional documentary, directed by Prof. Dr. Miguel Freire from the UFF Institute of Art and Social Communication:

Atafona: por quê?.

Short documentary about the "Museu Ambulante de Atafona", a project created by CasaDuna and Grupo Erosão. Sponsorship of the Aldir Blanc Law, public notice "Retomada Cultural", Secec-RJ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1WGKwoysgs

News story:

- The advance of the sea causes destruction and partially engulfs the coastal district of Atafona, São José da Barra/RJ - RecordTv - Domingo espetacular, Edition of 02/05/2021.

-Sea Advances in Atafona, and in 50 years 14 blocks disappear (RJ). - RecordTV - R7 Balanço Geral RJ, Edition of 4/19/2019.

-Solari Meet Atafona, the beach that was swallowed by the sea - RecordTv - R7 Legendários, edition of 07/24/2011.

Translator: Roberth Dantas.