Acessibilidade ambiental nos parques urbanos de Teresina a pessoas com deficiência e/ou mobilidade reduzida

Abstract

Urban environmental parks are green areas with ecological, aesthetic and leisure functions that provide people with well-being, quality of life, and mental health. They alleviate urban impacts caused by the stresses of a busy city. The environmental accessibility little investigated in these green spaces that suffer more anthropic pressures such as: depredation of public property, neglect and lack of public safety, in addition to the lack of planning and management in campaigns for conservation and proper use. Also, there is no effectiveness of accessibility, mobility and environmental education policies, regarding infrastructure, physical and technological equipment in architectural concepts of collective integration to various audiences, including people with disabilities and/or reduced mobility who feel more restrictions and less access to urban parks. The research aimed to verify the municipal public policies in urban parks, in compliance with the guidelines of the Integrated Urban Development Program: "Teresina Sustentável" which provides for the recovery and revitalization of green areas, including the revitalization of parks, accessibility works in accordance with the Objectives of Sustainable Development (SDG), legal norms, understanding of the theme, challenges and alternatives such as training, debates with managers and project technicians in technological insertion as a socioenvironmental contribution. The methodology used was bibliographical research, field with application of interviews and questionnaires to the community, technicians in park engineering, assistive technology and to the public authorities regarding the perception of the subject.