Metodologia para planejamento e gestão da arborização urbana: estudo de caso Av. Rio Grande do Balneário Cassino, Rio Grande- RS

Abstract

Afforestation contributes considerably to the improvement of urban comfort, being part of the appreciation, in addition to presenting landscape characteristics, as a reference for orientation and identification, the provision of fruits and flowers, in addition to providing contact in the urban environment between man and nature (PORTO; BRASIL, 2013). This study aimed to carry out a quantitative inventory of urban afforestation to guide and assist municipal managers in the planning and management of urban afforestation on Av. Rio Grande, in Balneário Cassino, located in the municipality of Rio Grande-RS. In order to advance in its purposes, this study was developed with the elaboration of a register, called “thematic”. This register was produced from information from the Multipurpose Technical Register of the Municipality of Rio Grande. Data such as orthophotos enable the definition of each tree in the study area, as well as an identification of the species and stage of development. Part of the spatial data was provided by the Municipality of Rio Grande, within the Project Territorial Intelligence Systems and their Applications in Multipurpose Registers: Case Study in the Municipality of Rio Grande, a cooperation between the Municipality of Rio Grande, FURG, IFSul and UFPEL. The information from the Municipality of the Casino together with data collected in loco, about each tree, with the spatial data, made possible the necessary delimitation for the implementation of the thematic technical register of urban afforestation through the Geographical Information System, with the program with open source QGIS. This georeferenced database made it possible to understand the spatial distribution of these trees, allowing us to understand and visualize which species are part of the urban scenario and their interactions with the anthropic environment. In addition to implementing the monitoring process of pruning and suppression activities within this region and the generation of thematic maps that will serve as a subsidy for public management in decision-making. This research served to value the Multipurpose Technical Register acquired by the government and will serve in the activities of the Municipality Secretariat of Casino as a planning and environmental management tool.