Dispersão urbana x áreas verdes: um estudo sobre a zona especial de preservação natural da bacia do Rio Cuiá

Abstract

Human agglomerations, assuming the dispersed and fragmented spatial form, due to the rapid growth of cities, has led to the occupation of large areas interspersed by voids. This contemporary form of urban settlement involves a series of aesthetic, economic, and social impacts and in the dimension of the main debate in this dissertation: environmental. Thus, this research seeks to analyse the environmental impacts of urbanization process in the Special Area of Conservation SAC of Cuiá river basin located in the south-southeast sector of the city of João Pessoa-PB. The interest in that area, as an object of study, is because this basin, in the period from 1970 to 2013, has gone through an intense process of population density, which led, among other problems, to the elimination of green areas. The Urbanization occurred in the Cuiá river basin, described in the work of several researchers, such as Melo (2001), Silva (2007), Reis (2010), Costa (2013), among others, present the historical process of occupation and / or the results of this occupation, in a general way or focusing on a single type of impact. To be able to solve the problems identified in basin SAC, mainly due to its urbanization, it is necessary to identify what and where are located the conflicts of use and occupation of the land. Futhermore, this research is to complement the other published works and contribute as a technical and scientific support for future interventions in the place. With that purpose, we used the following basic procedures of scientific investigation: bibliographical research, survey in locus, photographic record, analytical observation technique, based on the implementation of investigative and descriptive analysis. To this end, the following basic procedures of scientific research were used. The investigations of this research will contribute to understanding the phenomenon of urban sprawl, as a process that is part of a social transformation cities such as João Pessoa and its environmental implications.