Environmental quality of Paranagua urban area, Pr.

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying and representing the environmental quality cartographically in an urban segment of the city of Paranagua, on the coast of Parana. The map of urban environmental quality has been prepared based on the survey and cartographic representation of negative parameters of certain criteria on scales that value the citizen's routine that were: reduced or absent vegetation cover, reduced or absent vegetation on streets, potentially polluting use of land and streets, lack of open spaces, free of construction and their areas of influence, the height buildings above four stories, frequently flooded areas, sidewalks and bicycle lanes with that impose danger for the pedestrian or cyclist. The map in question enabled the scrutiny of a large area with low environmental quality which follows the path of the main roads and railways that lead to the Dom Pedro II Port. Similarly, the intense presence of commercial use and/or the intensity of light vehicle traffic in many localities encourages loss of environmental quality of the area studied.

Keywords: Paranagua, environmental quality, landscape planning.