Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia

This article aims at making public parks system municipal strategies and management instruments clear in Salvador, state of Bahia/Brazil, from the analysis of the city Directing Plan of Urban and Environment Development (PDDUA), pointing out the possible contradiction and paradox between the la...

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Main Author: Angelo Serpa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2006-12-01
Series:Revista Raega: O Espaço Geográfico em Análise
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Online Access:http://revistas.ufpr.br/raega/article/view/6208
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description This article aims at making public parks system municipal strategies and management instruments clear in Salvador, state of Bahia/Brazil, from the analysis of the city Directing Plan of Urban and Environment Development (PDDUA), pointing out the possible contradiction and paradox between the late politics of urban re-qualification and the PDDUA determinations and directives. It analyses the spatial vegetal cover distribution and its “ecologic value” in the municipal territory and the classification of conservation unities in the city as well as the urban re-qualification politics undertaken by the municipal administrations in the two last decades. The analyses of the presented examples show that, in despite of the Directing Plan’s approach of public parks both on environmental way than in the recreation one.The last way as the directive of urban re-qualification politics of these spaces in the city prevails. At the end of the article, it is emphasized the central importance of the physical and symbolic access question and of the spatial distribution of nature public spaces for one deep academic discussion looking for other basis for the municipal territory public parks management from one critical analyses of the ideas of sustainable development and sustainability.
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spelling doaj.art-a02c9a9dee3b489ca39b2b39cdb5da812022-12-22T01:45:08ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáRevista Raega: O Espaço Geográfico em Análise1516-41362177-27382006-12-0112010.5380/raega.v12i0.62086283Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, BahiaAngelo Serpa0UFBAThis article aims at making public parks system municipal strategies and management instruments clear in Salvador, state of Bahia/Brazil, from the analysis of the city Directing Plan of Urban and Environment Development (PDDUA), pointing out the possible contradiction and paradox between the late politics of urban re-qualification and the PDDUA determinations and directives. It analyses the spatial vegetal cover distribution and its “ecologic value” in the municipal territory and the classification of conservation unities in the city as well as the urban re-qualification politics undertaken by the municipal administrations in the two last decades. The analyses of the presented examples show that, in despite of the Directing Plan’s approach of public parks both on environmental way than in the recreation one.The last way as the directive of urban re-qualification politics of these spaces in the city prevails. At the end of the article, it is emphasized the central importance of the physical and symbolic access question and of the spatial distribution of nature public spaces for one deep academic discussion looking for other basis for the municipal territory public parks management from one critical analyses of the ideas of sustainable development and sustainability.http://revistas.ufpr.br/raega/article/view/6208Gestão territorialsistema de parques públicossustentabilidadeTerritorial managementPublic parks systemSustainabilitySalvadorBahia
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Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia
Revista Raega: O Espaço Geográfico em Análise
Gestão territorial
sistema de parques públicos
sustentabilidade
Territorial management
Public parks system
Sustainability
Salvador
Bahia
title Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia
title_full Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia
title_fullStr Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia
title_full_unstemmed Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia
title_short Contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in Salvador, Bahia
title_sort contradictions and paradoxes on territorial management of public parks system in salvador bahia
topic Gestão territorial
sistema de parques públicos
sustentabilidade
Territorial management
Public parks system
Sustainability
Salvador
Bahia
url http://revistas.ufpr.br/raega/article/view/6208
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