SEMEAR: Cenários para um Sistema de Espaços Multifuncionais com foco na Equidade Alimentar e Reconexão Socioambienta

Abstract

Considering the growing relevance of urban planning approaches to address problems such as food insecurity, urban degradation and the distance between city and nature, this study investigates the potential of urban agriculture (UA), when integrated with Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and green infrastructure, as an urban occupation strategy aimed at food equity and socio-environmental reconnection. The general objective was to explore strategies for the implementation of a system of public agroecological green spaces, based on the articulation between NbS, within a selected area of the Funcionários neighborhood, in the South Zone of João Pessoa city, Brazil. Specifically, the study sought to understand the foundations and legal frameworks of UA, as well as its conceptual and design references and the ones of green infrastructure and NbS applicable to sustainable urban planning; examine signs of urban degradation and characterize the socioeconomic and environmental dynamics of the intervention area; and develop a master plan with illustrated spatialization of the adopted strategies, in order to outline scenarios for the implementation of the proposed system. The research, applied in nature, adopted a qualitative approach with descriptive and exploratory character, structured in methodological stages of literature review, documentary research, spatial data analysis, fieldwork, and design development. It resulted in a masterplan represented by diagrammatic maps organized into three thematic axes (mobility, green infrastructure, and uses/activities) and by three-dimensional diagrams and perspectives illustrating ambiances and solutions in specific sections of the system. The study demonstrates the feasibility of integrating public green areas into a functional and interconnected system, in which UA operates as a structuring element that articulates ecology, production, and citizenship.