This paper concerns the practical application, in a medium city neighborhood in the central-western region of Brazil, of six parameters to support urban vitality: permeability, variety, legibility, versatility, appropriate image, and perceptual wealth, as developed by Bentley & Alcock (1999). The methodological strategy addressed the theoretical framework and the reality of the neighborhood with the support of geotechnologies and urban records. The proposed interventions exercise a combination of urban design instruments, intending to implementing elements of vitality, so reverse the current situation of urban stagnation and social segregation of the place.
It was intended to analyze how landscape architecture, as a field of science, brings together innovative productions and perspectives to the thought and practice of landscape treatment. Initially used to diagnose and describe the structure of the landscape, currently, it has become a field of research integrated into approaching various environmental and socio-diversity issues. To represent the knowledge structure and evolution of Landscape Architecture, we used CiteSpace and VOSviewer software which pointed to the insurgency of issues related to Ecosystem Services, which arises new debates on landscape planning and management.
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