Paisagem hídrica em Juiz de Fora: insumos para compreensão do espaço urbano

Abstract

The waterscape of Juiz de Fora, as in most Brazilian cities, suffered directly or indirectly anthropic interventions, especially at the turn of the nineteenth century to the twentieth century, marked by progressive ideas and hygienists of urban space production. These interventions, to a greater or lesser extent, impacted the natural dynamics of their water bodies and modified the human relationship with these landscapes to the present day. However, it is now recognized that these landscapes have not lost the essential function of structuring territories and of being key instruments for urban and regional planning. In this research the objective was the elaboration of landscape inputs guided by aesthetic and scenic values related to environmental, infrastructural, social and symbolic values of five samples of this landscape. After the recognition of these values, it was adopted as a methodology the identification of the components of these landscapes through sensorial perception, which were arranged and organized in a synthetic framework, besides cartographic sketches, schemes and photographic surveys that allowed an objective reading of these landscapes. The results of this research, based on the aesthetic essential values of these landscapes, allowed them to be recognized and evaluated, indicating ways of valorizing and rehabilitating them in the urban landscape. It is concluded that, for this, it is necessary to create spaces that allow people to experience these landscapes, guaranteeing their naturalness to the maximum, establishing uses and visual approaches. However, first, it is necessary that many of its water courses be cleaned up and that environmental education actions be taken