Trilhas dos cinco rios: origens, transformações e as principais degradações da maior unidade de conservação urbana de João Pessoa-PB

Abstract

The research was developed on the coast of João Pessoa, in which is inserted a Conservation Unit (CU) officially called Cinco Rios Trail State Park, also known as Trails Park, this area has an incalculable value in scenic, landscape, environmental and economic A broad environmental, descriptive and exploratory research was conducted to identify the various historical, administrative and physical transformations both in and around the area. Parque das Trails suffers daily several environmental degradations resulting from anthropic actions based on this it is of fundamental importance to identify, locate, zon and thus understand the main damage caused by urban sprawl driven by political, economic and technological interests. In this process urbanization becomes a transformative agent of the landscape in natural areas. As neighborhoods grow, environmental problems multiply, contributing to a drastic decimation of nature, imbalancing the environment. The science of geography was the empirical basis for this analysis of human action directly or indirectly in the environment.