Combining ecological knowledge with Brazilian urban zoning planning

Resumo

Politicians and environmental professionals have pointed to the lack of scientific knowledge to support legislation for planning urban centers. Thus, the purpose of this essay is to provide ecological knowledge to assist politicians and environmental professionals in decision making regarding the Brazilian urban zoning. As a science, ecology provides the necessary knowledge to assist the creation of guidelines and standards for urban zoning. Specifically, landscape ecology shows different methods of work, which have as parameters the qualification and quantification of urban environments. These parameters can be used as criteria for planning sustainable cities. The field of urban ecology has demonstrated the importance of conserving green and blue areas (water bodies) in cities, as well as the need for the formation of multidisciplinary teams for urban management and elaboration of public policies pointed to zoning sustainability strategies. Generally, ecology show contributions that assist in the creation of guidelines and norms for Brazilian urban zoning. The suggestions provided through this essay are a starting point for the improvements formulation in the laws designed to develop and strengthen legislation on Brazilian urban zoning.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2020

Instituição

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR

Fonte

urbe — Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.pucpr.br:article/27476

Temas

Políticas PúblicasPlanejamento Urbano

Palavras-chave

environmental zoningenvironmental managementurban planninglandscape ecologyurban ecology.