Arborização de vias públicas na cidade de Esperança - PB: inventário e análise quali-quantitativa.

Abstract

The cities constitute urban space, represented fragmented and articulated ambience, constantly changed and modified according to the influence of human needs, reflecting on greater or lesser impact on the natural surroundings. That form of organization cue at the mercy conditions suitable for the development of the vegetation within the urban system. With their duties vital and economic, the vegetation contributes, through the natural actions, with the comfort and the guarantee of social welfare. For be effective its social function a plan is accurate and a management that fits those different occupations and needs of this space. Starting from this premise, this study aimed at analyze and elaborate a diagnosis of the afforestation road of the neighborhood Center from the Esperança – PB city, with the purpose to set the condition arboreal current regarding the prospects of environmental quality, considering the physical and biological aspects of the trees. The Raising of the afforestation was carried out by the inventory method quali-quantitative kind census, in which we collected data about the location of the specimens, its features and characteristics of the environment found on roads in the neighborhood. Was analyzed the inappropriate choice of species localized in the pathways Center neighborhood of Esperança-PB, due to planting of species not native to biome Caatinga, unsuitable for the urban environment, mainly on public roads, well as the disorderly disposal of the individuals in the neighborhood. In order to substantiate this discussion it was established a dialogue with Milano (1988), Schuch (2006), Santos & Teixeira (2001), among others.