Levantamento quali-quantitativo da arborização urbana na Avenida Marechal Rondon, Santarém-PA

Abstract

The urban vegetation began to be observed, mainly, from the several benefits that it provides to the urban enveronment and by the important paper in the reestablishment of the relation between man and the natural environment. The objective of this study is to carry out a qualitative and quantitative survey of the afforestation on Marechal Rondon Avenue, located in the city of Santarém - Pará, in order to obtain subsidies that could serve as the basis for the discussion and elaboration of a master plan for urban afforestation for this municipality. Regarding the methodology, a bibliographic research was used, and the inventory method used was qualitative-quantitative, of the census type, also called total inventory. A population of 340 individuals was sampled, with 68.8% being of exotic origin. The most frequent individual was Mangifera indica, representing 42.1% of the total. About 75% of the trees are healthy. The result obtained with this research was that, in the municipality in question, it is necessary to draw up a planning that, according to technical choices of suitability, can achieve a necessary balance and effective monitoring, the maximum benefit of local urban afforestation.