O papel do espaço público na qualidade de vida da população: projeto em um parque urbano para Floresta - PR

Abstract

This article aims to reinforce how important green areas, public spaces and contact with nature are for the urban environment. The gathering of such information aims to serve as a basis for the idealization of a project for an urban park for the city of Floresta - PR. Theoretical references from different sources were approached, addressing the issues of the connection between man and nature, which is environmental quality and quality of life, as leisure and culture are important for the development of the city and citizens, also to raise information about the history of public space, urban parks, and what it takes to have a quality place to attract the population, therefore it also presents information about urban landscaping and the benefits of vegetation in the city. As a basis for the project, three correlated cases were analyzed, these are: Parque Madureira in Rio de Janeiro, second place in the Cabo Frio – RJ cultural and event center exhibition and Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Texas in the USA. Finally, a small analysis of the municipality of Floresta - PR was carried out, thus collecting information to discover what the city needs in order to have a better quality of life and to meet all of these in a plot with large dimensions that are easily accessible to all.