Parques de bairro na cidade média de Santa Maria, RS, Brasil: planejamento urbano e percepção dos usuários

Abstract

The neighborhood parks of Santa Maria, a municipality in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, belong to the free space system of the city, which is disconnected from distribution gaps in the urban perimeter. In this paper, the role of the urban planner in the management of these spaces is highlighted, in order to identify the local deficiencies and capacities in a productive and efficient way. A qualitative-quantitative methodology will also be presented through an online questionnaire, which sought to obtain the perception and preference of the population about the neighborhood parks. This dialogue with the community is an important tool that can effectively collaborate with the management of free spaces in medium-sized cities.

When we think of urban afforestation in Brazil, what comes to mind is a mouth that has lost its teeth

“…As Oldfield et al (2013) correctly claim, rather than fight or ignore invasive species, a third option is to investigate whether native and non-native species can provide ecosystem services side by side. Urban flora will always be a management issue, and more than that, a political issue: even the existence of native forest fragments such as parks depends on the political priority and technical capacity of municipal governments (Aronson et al, 2017;Figueroa et al, 2018;Silva et al, 2018;Lautert & Pippi, 2019;Lampinen et al, 2021;Souza, Fenoglio & Angeoletto, 2023).…”