Arborização urbana no ambiente das ciclovias da cidade de Sinop/MT como recurso à promoção da saúde dos estudantes usuários do transporte ativo

Abstract

The active transport, by bicycle, presents itself as an opportunity to restore the quality of the individual and the urban environment, contributing to the reduction of pollutants, derived from the excess of individual vehicles in circulation, therefore, it is opportune to raise questions that may arise. contribute with new health-promoting strategies for the city and the individual. The theme proposed for this study arose from the perspective of promoting better physical and mental health conditions for young people, pointing out the use of the bicycle as a possibility for greater autonomy in the performance of daily activities, benefiting the quality of the environment. The research counted on the participation of 55 young people, students from private high school, who use the bicycle as a way of commuting around the city, to comply with the routine at some time of the day. The present study aims to analyze, comparatively, the relationship between temperature and relative humidity of the air in wooded and non-wooded cycle paths, verifying the action of the use of trees in the local climate, in the affections aroused in young students, users of active transport, in the Sinop city, prospecting new strategies for Health Promotion. To this end, the research was divided into two stages: quantitative study and qualitative study. The quantitative, cross-sectional study carried out a comparison of the temperature and humidity data collected on the city bike lanes, observing the interference of the action of urban afforestation in the local climate and the use of the bicycle as a means of transportation. The data analysis was based on the comfort scale determined by Barbirato et al (2007) for urban environments, composed by the evaluation of the relationship between temperature and humidity. The results obtained with the survey of temperature and humidity in the Sinop/MT bike lanes, corroborate that the presence of afforestation is effective in view of the thermal comfort of the bike lanes user, explaining the differences found between the bike lanes with little or no afforestation and the wooded bike path. The qualitative study was guided by the multi-method approach, based on the presentation of photos of the assessed environment and supported by the theoretical framework of Zulmira Bonfim (2010), on the analysis of affects with the application of a semi-structured questionnaire; aimed to describe the sensations aroused by the cycle path environment in adolescents who use active bicycle transport and analyze the perception of these young people, in the relationship between cycle paths and the quality of the urban environment, with a glimpse of their impact on health during active commuting. The analysis of the qualitative study was based on the criteria of Pleasantness, Contrast, Insecurity and Belonging, proposed by Bonfim (2007) for the definition of affects. The analysis of the data presented shows that the non-wooded cycle paths are worse evaluated by young people, are related to environments with little care and maintenance, transmitting a feeling of risk and physical insecurity to the individuals who travel there and compared to arid environments, in contrast to the wooded cycle paths. they are considered more pleasant, even with different species behavior. The research process allows us to conclude the need for greater public policy directions that observe urban afforestation as a strategy that promotes the health of the individual and the quality of the environment. Attention is paid to greater investments for issues that reflect on the physical structure and comfort of the cycle path environment, making it more attractive and efficient for the use of the entire population.