Padrões de integração e fragmentação na interface Riocidade: o caso do rio Jaguaribe, João Pessoa – PB

Abstract

If, on the one side, we know how important water is for the development of society and for maintaining life on Earth, on the other, cities all over the world face environmental problems that are constantly fed by the process of producing urban space. Faced with these two scenarios are urban rivers, the subject of this research. Despite their landscape potential and importance for ecological balance, these rivers are neglected, becoming areas marked by conflicts, subjugated by processes of integration and fragmentation of the urban form, which can also manifest themselves in environmental, social and legal problems. In this sense, and considering urban design as an essential discipline in the study of city dynamics, this research seeks to understand the river-city relationship through the overlapping of methods and tools for reading urban space, which were selected and adapted to the object of study, in this case, the Jaguaribe River and its interface with the city of João Pessoa - PB. By correlating environmental, social and morphological aspects, it was possible to identify patterns of integration and fragmentation of the urban form, highlighting the inefficiency of legislation, the inequalities that exist both around the river and in its treatment, and in general its denial by the structure of the city. This also revealed the characteristics of cities as an complex and constantly changing organisms, highlighting the need for in-depth diagnosis and integrated urban planning for the reintegration of urban rivers.