Proposta de oferta de serviços ecossistêmicos culturais em áreas verdes urbanas de Medianeira - PR

Abstract

The urban environment, despite offering many facilities, often puts human contact with the natural environment at stake, and this can impair the quality of life of its inhabitants. Urban Green Spaces (UGS) are spaces within cities with a predominance of vegetation, and can offer the population this opportunity for contact. In addition, these areas can provide Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES), which are extremely important to establish a good quality of life. In this context, Medianeira-PR is a medium-sized city, and it presents a demand for the use of areas with potential for the provision of these services. The objective of this work is to identify the areas with potential for the provision of CES in the urban perimeter of the city and to present a proposal for the use of these areas. Therefore, maps were created based on documentary and field research, where all the UGS of the urban perimeter were identified, and later categorized into public UGS, which in turn were classified between areas that provide CES, areas with potential to provide and areas without potential of CES provision. From these areas, 300-meter beams were cast to identify the portion of the territory that is currently served and would be potentially served by UGS with CES provision. Finally, the UGS with areas smaller than 1 ha (or larger than 1 ha, which are the only option in their region) were selected for the development of a proposal for mini parks, and then 2 polygons were used to develop a pilot project. 81 areas with potential for the provision of SEC were identified, in addition to the 4 existing ones that already provide such services, whose radius of influence would serve 54.95% of the territory of the urban perimeter of MedianeiraPR against the 8.22% currently served. Of these areas, 67 polygons fit for the creation of pocket parks with green and gray infrastructure that can provide CES for the population through greater frequency of use of UGS and greater contact with the natural environment. The study makes it possible to observe the potential of the city regarding the use of UGS, and to plan more strategically the investment in the creation of mini parks and, consequently, in the improvement of the quality of life of the population.