Áreas verdes em Teresina-PI: aspectos legais, ambientais e de gestão

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Andrea Melo de [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Environmental geography; Geografia ambiental; Gestão ambiental; Degradação ambiental; Políticas públicas; Legislação; Teresina (PI)
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/136751; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/09-03-2016/000858029.pdf

There are many green areas in Teresina/PI called environmental parks: forests or orchards. They are important instruments for environmental conservation and improvements in the urban climate, but most of these areas are abandoned by the government and the population surrounding it, which is caused mainly because of the inapplicability of local legislation about green areas either to the creation or maintenance of the parks. In general, they are indiscriminately created and do not have a land-use plan for their management. There are no incentives for environmental education of the surrounding population and it has led to the degradation of the environmental parks - manifested mainly through pollution and government usage of these lands for housing purposes. For better understanding of the subject, this thesis sought to analyze the origin of the environmental parks throughout history. Then it focused on related legislation. Finally, it pointed out ways of creating and maintaining the aforementioned green areas through the participation of both government and private sector or the use of participative management involving municipality and community. It aims at better utilization and administration of these areas, thus avoiding environmental degradation. Lastly, it analyzes the green areas of Teresina categorized by zones