Parque Coco-Catolé: uma proposta de parque ecológico urbano em espaço livre público adjacente à APA do catolé no bairro Santos Dumont, Maceió-AL.

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Area (EPA) of Catolé and Fernão Velho, located in the city of Maceió, has been suffering the anthropic action of deforestation for urban occupation in an irregular way, mainly on its edge. This Area is of notable highlight, as it is preserved from a remnant of the Atlantic Forest and contains an important source water that supplies a significant percentage of the city. To mitigate the environmental impact in this area, this work aims to develop an urban-landscape project for an ecological urban park adjacent to the EPA Catolé, to provide conservation and social qualification (with spaces for leisure and physical activities ). The need for social qualification came from the observation in loco of the local population that practices physical and leisure activities, but does not have an efficient space for this purpose. The methodology used to achieve the objective was a bibliographic review to obtain information about the environmental protection area, urban park installation, urban green area, public open space, environmental and urban legislation. Another method was the characterization and diagnosis of the study area and its surroundings to gain knowledge and develop the project of the urban park suitable for the region. As well as the creation of the synthetic framework: problems and potential that help in the elaboration of urban guidelines. The selection and analysis of project compositions and installations of urban parks, possible project references and the project's own production. The Coco-Catolé Park project has as its intervention area, for its implementation, a public open space where there are three public institutions.This area was chosen due to the existence of sufficient open spaces, in addition to being used by the local population for leisure and health activities, even though they are not qualified for this. Coco-Catolé Park is a fusion of social, environmental and urban attributes, ensuring the preservation and conservation of the local Atlantic Forest, spaces for leisure and well-being, as well as walkability and urban permeability.