A sustentabilidade urbana na perspectiva das empresas da construção civil em Campina Grande-PB.

Abstract

The present urban sustainability issues involved in urban or cities that show the right conditions these spaces, from the quest for harmony between the natural and built environment. Whereas cities evolve with society and its various forms of transformation, processes of development and urbanization, where various actors and their practices affect this process of structuring these urban spaces. The construction industry as an active agent in an active way in urban areas, whose activity is focused on building projects, is driver of impacts that may affect the quality of cities in terms of distribution and use of space, the use of natural resources and waste generation, quality of life, as well as the contribution through his activity with the legitimacy of urban public policy to make the city more sustainable. The theoretical basis of this study is the conceptual model proposed by the discursive matrix Acselrad (2009), where it is three discourses of urban sustainability: the city in its representation of technical material, the city as a place for quality of life and the city as a space of legitimation public policy. From this perspective, the theoretical basis of this study is a conceptual model of discursive matrix proposed by Henri Acselrad(2009). This paper aims to analyze the objective of this study is to evaluate the aspects of urban sustainability considered by the construction companies in Campina Grande, in the perception of managers, engineers and owners of these companies. Thus, the methodology is an exploratory and descriptive, with an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data were collected through a questionnaire prepared based on a model of the three arrays or representations of the city, where they were proposed a set of urban sustainability indicators appropriate for the construction industry. The questionnaire was administered with the owner, engineer or manager in companies through the awarding of marks that represent the companies' perceptions about the applicability of the indicators or aspects of urban sustainability in their activities. The relevance of this study is to discuss urban sustainability in the context of construction, from the necessity of incorporating aspects of the construction companies of sustainability from the perspective of the city in its flow of resources and waste, the city as a place for quality of life and the city as a space of legitimacy of public policies. The results show that in the perception of companies, the construction industry in Campina Grande, PB represented by the construction companies, demonstrate that they have incorporated some aspects of urban sustainability, but still relies on individual stocks and timely. Despite achieving a high degree of sustainability, this does not mean that the practices are implemented efficiently.