Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: STEFANNO FIGUEIREDO DE LIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : STEFANNO FIGUEIREDO DE LIRA
DATE: 28/08/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Google meet
TITLE:

URBAN GREEN EQUITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CREATION OF A PROTECTED AREA IN THE NORTH ZONE OF NATAL, RN

KEY WORDS:

greenspaces, urban planning, sustainable urbanization, remote sensing, geoprocessing

PAGES: 47
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Agronomia
SUMMARY:

Urbangreenspacesoffer a variety of benefitsto human health. However, the densification and expansion of urban areas can reduce the opportunities for residents to interact with nature. This is the case of the North Zone of Natal(NZN), Brazil,the only zone in the municipality that doesn’t have access to one of its two parks(Dunas Park and Park of the City). Through the lens of Urban Green Equity (UGE), which proposes fair access to and governance of urban vegetation,independent of criteria such as socioeconomic status, race, culture, or age,this dissertation analyzesthe equity of greenspace access among people who reside in an urban area of the NZNand explores an alternative for the creation of a new protected area in this region. The accessibility analysis of Chapter I is rooted in the 3-30-300 Rule, which establishes that every resident should have access to an Urban Green Area (UGA) of ≥ 1 hectare within a radius of 300 meters of their home.Using a combination of geoprocessingand Land Use Land Cover (LULC) analyses, starting from bothsecondary remote sensing data and primary data obtained in the field, it was observed that, of the 35 UGAs of ≥ 1 hectare in the study area, 23 are completely inaccessible or have had their original size reduced toless than1 hectare since their creation.This signifies that residents in 87.29%of the study area do not have de facto access to a UGA of≥ 1 hectare within 300 meters of their homes. These results highlight fragilities in the management of UGAs by the public authorities. In this sense, expanding the governance of UGAs, which would also permit thatinterested individuals and/or people affected by eventual modifications in LULCbe involved, can contribute to the strengthening of this management. Furthermore, the results underline the importance of the creation of new protected areas in this region, which can serve as an alternative for recreation and contact with nature. The results of this phase of the research lend relevance to the second article, Chapter II, which will analyze the potential creation of a protected area from a polygon which contains one of the largest fragments of native forest in the urban area of NZN. Considering the loss of UGA access in theNZN, the creation of this protected area may increase access to nature and leisure in the most urbanized region of NZN, promotingUGE in the municipality.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa ao Programa - 1308779 - ANDREA CRISTINA SANTOS DE JESUS - nullInterna - 1298966 - RAQUEL FRANCO DE SOUZA
Presidente - 1249023 - SEBASTIAO MILTON PINHEIRO DA SILVA