A cidade e os rios urbanos: um estudo de caso do rio Espinharas na cidade de Patos/PB

Abstract

It is noticed that the urbanization processes of the last 70 years have established a distance in the cities, regarding the relationship with the natural elements that make up their surroundings, as is the case, for example, of urban rivers, which have been largely deteriorated and forgotten. In the current context, the banks of rivers are constant targets of urban interference, being subject to the most diverse impacts, which affect both the natural environment and the built environment itself. This situation is getting worse every day, thus demonstrating the verified lack of urban planning, since it does not embrace the rivers, in a way that it can contribute to their ecological, urban, social and political demands. Based on the above, the present dissertation carried out a diagnosis of the urban landscape on the banks of the Espinharas river, object of study of the research located in the city of Patos-PB, in its environmental and urban aspects. In order to carry out the analysis and obtain a prognosis of the study area, a river bank analysis methodology was used, already validated by other researchers, as it fits the problem of the aforementioned dissertation, as well as its specific objectives. Thus, after carrying out this analysis of the banks and acquiring the results of the current scenario of the river under study, with regard to its urban and fluvial aspects, its levels of degradation were presented, understanding the real problem faced by the river. In this way, a table with scenarios of possible interventions for riverbanks was elaborated, aiming at the conception of scenarios that establish urban and environmental connections, based on a tripod formed by the integration of the river with the city, recovery of its waters and awareness on the part of of the population about the importance of the river for the local quality of life. Finally, the dissertation discusses and presents the existing problems between the Espinharas River and the city of Patos and its possible restoration potentials, that is, the research opens the way for new discussions and debates about the river-city relationship.