A floresta urbana e seu simbolismo na vida de moradores da Vila Parque da Cidade Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The result of this research came from a study of the geographical production of space in the Vila Parque da Cidade community, in the City of Rio de Janeiro. Its goal was to analyze the built space by the spatial practice according the basic needs to live. We developed a study from the relationship between the community, the neighbor Municipal Natural City Park and the Botanical Garden both hosted by the Tijuca National Forest, making a mosaic among local protected areas. We attempted to get the perception of that community about the usages of the main forest and its amenities and symbolism. The methodology comes through semistructured interviews followed by questionnaires and author observation. The research also investigated information taken from official censuses and papers of research institutes and others private, seeking to identify the spatial movement of social classes and their impact on the environment, especially the structural reasons of this movement. The results showed that the expansion of capital in urban space has the State as an supporter, drawing on urban planning policies without the necessary consideration of a development that could incorporate the rights of workers and the assumptions of environmental preservation, resulting as housing the slums, generally allocated in preservation areas