Combining ecological knowledge with Brazilian urban zoning planning

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Tércio da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Mota, João Vitor Lino, Silveira, Nathália Diniz Bastos e, Andrade, Alessandra Rodrigues Santos de, Peres, Marcelo Cesar Lima, Oliveira, Magno Lima Travassos de, Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/Urbe/article/view/27476
• topic: environmental zoning; environmental management; urban planning; landscape ecology; urban ecology.

 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.