Analysis of the conversion potential of industrial voids into green areas in Fortaleza - CE

Abstract

Urban voids are commonly perceived in cities. These are free or built spaces that are abandoned, unused or underutilized. The permanence of these voids can have negative impacts on society, but they can also be seen as an available space to receive a new function. In Fortaleza, a type of urban void that stands out are the industrial voids, mainly due to their dimensions. There is a concentration of them in the west zone of the capital, in neighborhoods with some social problems, among them, there is a lack of green areas. In light of this, the research proposes the transformation of industrial voids into green areas, and aims to evaluate the potential of this transformation. The chosen method was developed by Sanches and Pellegrino (2016), where the selected voids were evaluated in three different groups, going through criteria and indices that indicated the overall potential of the intervention. As a result, the tool proved to be more suitable for creating green areas in places where there is already a reasonable vegetation cover, indicating a tendency towards the preservation of these environments, not being efficient for regions with little urban vegetation. Despite this, improvements to the vegetation cover in the west zone must be carried out, due to the existing discrepancy.