URBAN GREEN AREAS IN THE CEARENSE SEMI-ARID: A REFLECTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FROM THE REDUCTION OF VEGETATION COVER IN THE ARIANÓPOLES NEIGHBORHOOD – CAUCAIA – CE.
semiarid; green areas; urbanization; temperatures, thermal sensation.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARIANÓPOLIS IN CAUCAIA - CE, LOCATED IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF
FORTALEZA, HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF REAL ESTATE GLIMPSES AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT MODES OF
PRODUCTION OF SPACE AND GOODS, SO THAT MUCH OF ITS AREAS, ONCE NATURAL, SUCH AS RIVERS,
PONDS, RIVER ARMS, GREEN AREAS, AMONG OTHERS, ARE BEING SUPPRESSED NEFARIOUSLY, A FACT THAT
HAS PLACED THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS IN A STATE OF COMPLEX VULNERABILITIES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITIES. THUS, THIS RESEARCH HAS AS ITS MAIN OBJECTIVE, TO CONDUCT AN
ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE OF ARIANÓPOLIS, IN CAUCAIA - CE, FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE USE AND DEFORESTATION OF URBAN GREEN AREAS, CONSIDERING THE FLORISTIC
COMPOSITION, CLIMATE AND PERCEPTION OF THE LOCAL POPULATION. AS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, IT AIMS
TO: IDENTIFY THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GREEN AREAS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS; CHARACTERIZE THE
BIOMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE SPECIES IN THESE AREAS; ANALYZE THE INFLUENCE OF
GREEN AREAS ON LOCAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EVALUATE THE PERCEPTION AND SOCIO-
ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS OF THE USERS ABOUT THE STUDY AREAS. TO CARRY OUT THIS RESEARCH,
METHODOLOGICAL STEPS WERE NECESSARY, BEGINNING WITH THE READINGS ON THE SUBJECT AND DATA
COLLECTION VIA SATELLITE IMAGES GOOGLE EARTH PRO, DATA ANALYSIS AND MAPS MADE AVAILABLE
BY FUNCEME, MAPBIOMAS, IBGE, UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND
INSTALLATION OF TWO THERMIGROMETERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARIANÓPOLIS IN PRIVATE AREAS
(PRIVATE HOUSES WITH AND WITHOUT VEGETATION AVAILABLE ON SITE), FOR THE COLLECTION OF DATA
RELATED TO TEMPERATURE VARIATION.