Buffer Zones of Protected Areas in Urban Areas under the Territorial View: Reflections, Demands and Challenges

Authors

  • Helio Beiroz Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v35i0.38253

Keywords:

Protected Areas, buffer zones, land management, land planning

Abstract

This article aims the demands and challenges related to the Buffer Zones of Protected Areas in urban areas, through the historical and legal contextualization of this "tool" of territorial planning and management. It focuses on a territorial approach of these Zones, addressing issues and challenges relevant to any Protected Areas in urban areas, and those specific to two "Urban Parks" in Rio de Janeiro, State Park Pedra Branca and Tijuca National Park, by deepening the analysis. We conclude that such zones are very important for Parks surrounded by urban areas, even though the interaction of actors and interests, and their consequent territorial reflexes, occur in very complex ways. In fact, such a scenario reinforces the need for this tool as a land planning and management tool, conflict mitigation and environmental conservation.

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Published

2015-12-24

How to Cite

Beiroz, H. (2015). Buffer Zones of Protected Areas in Urban Areas under the Territorial View: Reflections, Demands and Challenges. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 35. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v35i0.38253

Issue

Vol. 35 (2015): Environmental Thinking in Latin American: social movements and territories of life

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