The urbanization process of Brazilian cities has generated several environmental problems, including occupations and irregular uses in Permanent Preservation Areas (PPA). Land use in marginal strips, coupled with vegetation removal, causes environmental degradation, causing instability of ecosystems. For this reason, the present study aims to identify and analyze land use and land occupation conflicts in PPA localized in the urban perimeter of the municipality of Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The methodology uses geographic and statistical data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and spactial bases provided by the municipal government. Data systematization and maps elaboration were performed in Geographic Information System (GIS) platform. Candelária presents streams that cut the urban mesh and flow into the Pardo River, thus, there are PPAs of considerable size within the urban area. Research shows that there are improper uses in PPA, such as buildings, irregular settlements and agricultural crops. Finally, the results indicate there is significant area under protection in the city being impacted by human action, aggravating the reduction of native forest.
With the purpose of consolidating, in a strategic way, to encourage and to support the local commerce, sports and cultural aspects in the city of Candelária (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), we propose a study of equipment needs that offer entertainment and leisure to the population, preventing residents from moving to other nearby cities to meet those needs. Favored by the flat topography of the site, the solutions interconnect with the proposal to create a multipurpose track, which would encourage the use of the bicycle as a means of transport, not only for working purposes, but also for leisure, as well as providing benefits of greater road safety and travel speed. For this, the proposed urban equipment and its connections with the multipurpose track are analyzed using geoprocessing and virtual reality features. Virtual maps and three-dimensional models help on exemplification of the proposals, enabling better study of the city’s existing potentialities as conditioning factors of the project.
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