Balneários urbanos no Rio Tocantins: lacunas no Plano Diretor e degradação

Abstract

The permanence of leisure options and contact with nature free of charge must be guaranteed in the Master Plans. In Marabá (Pará-Brazil), some lateral sandy bars appear as changing rooms, being by nature free leisure areas in the city. Because of this, a case study was carried out to evaluate: What actions does the Municipal Master Plan provide for the management of these spaces; and What state of conservation of the spas, considering the presence or not of constructive interventions and solid waste. The study was conducted through field research and documentary research. It was identified that the specific guidelines do not promote an integrative conception between urban planning, leisure and conservation of the natural heritage, making it necessary to carry out interpretative exercises to frame the areas as the target of the proposals present in the Master Plan, aimed at protecting green areas. and river banks. Therefore, the document lacks actions for more specific cases such as spas, which lack proposals for their protection, management or development, and the presence of solid waste and attempts to change the topographic profile were verified in the field, and these constructive interventions, of the type of irregular landfills, have the presence of pathologies that denote attention and specialized technical intervention. Considering that there may be a trend of densification of human occupation in the surrounding area, for residential purposes, it is urgent to develop strategies for the management and ordering of the use and occupation of bathing areas.