URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSIS: PROJECTION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE SCENARIOS

Abstract

This study deals with the urban environmental diagnosis of a stretch of the Manoela Valadares neighborhood, Municipality of Afogados da Ingazeira, Sertão do Pajeú – PE. In order to elaborate an urban environmental diagnosis of a stretch of the aforementioned neighborhood of Afogados de Ingazeira -PE from the use and occupation, the steps of defining the study area, collecting data, systematizing the data in SWOT Matrix, designing scenarios and proposing guidelines for development were followed. Initially, the study area was defined, based on the collection of information, data, and on-site visits. Thus, the study area comprised six (06) streets in the Manoela Valadares neighborhood, where accelerated urban expansion and harmful implications for the environmental balance were found. Subsequently, data and documentary information were collected, bibliographic research, field visits and complementary photographic records were carried out to support the research. After analysis and correlation of the data, information, photos and images collected, this information was systematized in a SWOT Matrix and current and future scenarios for the area, object of this study, were graphically developed. The observance of the matrix and the scenarios in an integrated way resulted in the proposition of some guidelines for the development of the studied area. Thus, it is concluded that the area presents an accelerated, continuous urban development, which prioritizes high-end residential buildings. Thus, the segregation of urban space is expanded. This urban expansion is guided by economic growth, does not consider environmental, physical-social issues, and support infrastructural elements, such as: urban mobility, accessibility, sanitation, afforestation, mixed use, public leisure equipment, among others, thus causing negative impacts that can be minimized.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.011-020