Áreas verdes urbanas: estudo de caso sobre o Parque Monteiro Lobato em Ponta Grossa, Paraná

Abstract

Green areas attract the community with their resources and help in the conservation of species, also providing environmental reconnection, as it facilitates the human/nature relationship, with potential to promote informal education, through scientific dissemination that may occur in these, spaces. In urban areas, urban afforestation has been increasingly studied to improve the choices of tree species in relation to physical space, available in central beds, green areas and on the roads. Green areas have the largest concentration of individuals of arboreal size, being a space that offers beauty, leisure, rest and health for the population, such as the Monteiro Lobato Park (PML), no Jardim Carvalho in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. Therefore, the objective of this work was identify the perception of the community in relation to the afforestation of the Monteiro Lobato Park in the municipality of Ponta Grossa. The methodology used considered conducting a census with all arboreal individuals followed by an online questionnaire aimed at visitors of the PML, on the perceptions and use of space by the population, as well as the possible effects the presence of vegetation in this place.