Análise da sustentabilidade eco-sócio-econômica no plano diretor de Natal/RN

Abstract

Urban development of society determines different behaviors and modes of interaction of man with nature over time (MARQUES, 2010). The way of living and of occupying spaces accompanied this development, which has given rise to several new concepts and paradigms on the subject, also resulting in the break down and synthesis of ideas about man and his survival. From this perspective, the relationship between man and the environment has always been confrontational (DUARTE, 2011). This is said because, to occupy the spaces and develop their activities and social functions, the society needed to exploit the natural resources that the environment offered, often degrading it without noticing its interference, in a clear dependency relationship of nature, for it comes very essential for the maintenance of life. With the passage of time and the gradual human activity toward nature, needed is protective and remedial measures taken by governments of all forms, to guarantee to society and the natural structure the continuity of a balance between man and environment. That was when laws began to be about this relationship with issues of environmental law, legal rules governing the potential for human action in the landscape and other behaviors that can be observed in reality. This doctoral thesis, therefore, aims to study the meeting point or convergence between environmental and urban standards that reach the cities, with the geographical cut the city of Natal/RN and the time frame from 2007, which marks the beginning the term of the Master Plan of Natal, still in force. The aim is to analyze the Master Plan of Natal/RN as the inclusion, observance and effective application of aspects of the eco-socio-economic balance in this tool. For that, saw required a study to review the main and contemporary concepts of sustainable development and urban sustainability in general and specifically in Natal/RN, analyzing their master plan with the use of adapted elements of the methodological design of Strategic Environmental Assessment (AAE). The research methodology is based essentially on a qualitative study, whose literature review supports the documentary analysis of primary and secondary sources and finally the application of the proposed methodology diametrically addresses the focus of this thesis. By resulting, is expected to present an environmental diagnosis of the master plan in the capital instrument, with a set of specific analyzes focused on large and major threats to sustainable urban development. This set of analyzes summarizes insusceptible factors of decision with governance responsibility in the regulation of land use, or with it are connected, listing priorities and strategic options that will provide strategic elements for the changes or revisions necessary in the plan, always looking for development sustainable urban or eco-socio-economic balance.