SAÚDE AMBIENTAL NO AMBIENTE URBANO: A IMPORTÂNCIA DA ARBORIZAÇÃO E JARDINAGEM URBANA PARA O MEIO AMBIENTE E QUALIDADE DE VIDA DOS CIDADÃOS

Abstract

Urban afforestation is the activity of caring for and preserving gardens and leisure areas endowed with flora formats that also have the capacity to support not only aesthetics, but also the quality of life of a municipality when used by the public authorities. For gardening, when employed by the government, focuses on a constitutional right to improve the quality of life and access to a healthy environment, even when employed in urban areas. It is not uncommon to witness park and square revitalization activities or the planting of different trees or shrubs in large cities such as São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, these activities have been increasingly frequent and have taken place to ensure a better quality of urban life through afforestation , but it is necessary to ask to what extent this activity format can help the environmental quality of life of the resident of these urban municipalities and if these activities are sufficient for living in these spaces, and also what level and in what way the gardening itself is beneficial to the environment. During this article, the concepts surrounding afforestation and gardening are demonstrated, as urban afforestation itself develops both as a form of support for the environment, as well as an activity with a social function, these issues are worked on in this document through a bibliographical methodology and documentary, where at first the concepts of urban forestry are presented, later it will be presented how urban forestry talks with the right to a healthy environment and finally its real capacity for environmental preservation and conservation and quality of life will be analyzed.