Paisagem e ambiente construído: intervenções antrópicas no traçado do rio Paraibuna em Juiz de Fora – MG

Abstract

Rivers and cities form a rather old binomial, because the supply of water for growing food sealed the partnership between man and landscape. However, with population growth and the current ecological imbalances many rivers have changed not only its physical configuration, but the importance they have today for the environment. Often seen as a cause of natural disasters such as inundation, floods and landslides, urban rivers come into the high degree of saturation, being urgent issue of public policy and city management. The aim of this paper is to recover the historical relationship between rivers and cities highlighting the key issues that are addressed and what measures have been effective for the optimization of the best relationship. It was used the methodology to literature review on urban issues and case study. The approach stands in Paraibuna River in the stretch that runs through the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State. It was found that interventions that rectified the river Paraibuna in some places were instrumental in the development of the urban fabric. f the motivation at that time was to contain the flooding, today, this issue back to the scene, as the water pollution and illegal occupation of margins. The revitalize river's project has not yet been finalized, but it speaks to the possibility of the river be re-built as a place of recreation for the urban population.