Cidade sustentável, políticas públicas e esporte de natureza: um caminho a se trilhar.

• Autor(a) principal: Sá, Sônia Maria Neves Bittencourt de
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4524
• topic: Sustentabilidade; Políticas públicas; Esporte de natureza; Direito a cidades; Sustainability; Public politics; Sports of Nature; Right to the cities; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA

This thesis is the result of a study of Sport of Nature and its‟ effect in the city of João Pessoa. For this reason, it´s based on three main issues: sustainability, public policy and the well being of the city. The goal of this research was to investigate, analyze and understand the inter-relation between the practice of Sports of Nature, public and social policies in the urban environment, and how this type of sport is linked to the concept of sustainability economic, environmental and social, in order to maintain the city`s rights. Based on this proposal, the research sought to answer three hypotheses: a) Check for a correlation between the form of management within Sports of Nature and formulation of public sports policies in order to effect a construction of sustainability; b) Check if Sports of Nature managers know the basic principles that guide the concept necessary for a sustainable society and finally, c) Check if the public policy programs in the sports of João Pessoa do not favor the practice of Sports of Nature, because they lack potential benefits offered by the city as indicators of quality of life. The research methodology was limited to: literature review, a questionnaire with open and closed questions and semi-structured interviews. Among the key questions guiding the study were: The main problems that athletes face in everyday usage of the city and establish networks to be heard and their perspectives in sport with regard to public policies and how they develop partnerships, both public and private during the organization of these modalities. Based on the results it was found that, when it comes to opportunities, many of the difficulties are the same ones faced by the population in general such as, transport and safety. Many of the problems are related to the specific make up of the city of João Pessoa, which is a reflection of the state and the region in which it´s part of. On the other hand, the analysis pointed to the potential of the city in the practice of these modalities, including environmental issues, to generate a strong sense of belonging and desire to care for, and preserve, the nature. This generates a focus on the environmental education and social inclusion for the less fortunate. It´s worth mentioning that the formation of associative groups that weave a network of solidarity even when out of competitive circuits, as is the case of some groups of marathon, walking, mbk . This valuable solidarity and cooperation become fundamental when one thinks about risk and safety. From the results and analysis there are some suggestions for extensive improvements in the general population to understand the public. The feeling of belonging to these sports gives them the desire to stay here, and to seek with the state, apparatus to build sustainability into the process dynamics that are typical of cities. It requires strong political commitment of the athletes of nature and society in a participatory manner by proposing limits and putting brakes on urban and development projects which are based solely on speculation and economic growth by increasing the gap of social segregation.