Infraestrutura urbana e dinâmica ambiental: da verticalização do bairro Jardins ao caso do Parque do Tramandaí (Aracaju-SE)

Abstract

Urban expansion in Aracaju, particularly in the southern portion of the city, has profoundly transformed the urban landscape through land valorization and the actions of the real estate market. Within this context, the Jardins neighborhood has become one of the city's main areas of vertical development, intensifying land occupation and increasing pressure on environmentally sensitive areas, especially the Tramandaí Municipal Ecological Park. This study aims to analyze the processes of urban growth and verticalization in the Jardins neighborhood, examining their implications for the production of urban space and their impacts on the mangrove ecosystem, while also developing prospective scenarios and proposing urban and environmental planning guidelines for the conservation of the study area. The research is based on a qualitative and quantitative case study supported by bibliographic review, documentary research, analysis of urban planning legislation, GIS-based spatial analysis, field surveys, historical image comparison, and case studies. The results indicate that verticalization has been closely associated with land valorization, resulting in significant landscape transformation, soil sealing, increased flooding, greater pressure on urban infrastructure, and progressive degradation of the Tramandaí mangrove ecosystem, aggravated by illegal waste disposal, clandestine sewage discharge, and insufficient environmental management. As its main contribution, the study presents two prospective scenarios for the area—one based on the continuation of current degradation trends and another founded on the principles of ecogenesis—as well as a set of urban, environmental, and landscape planning guidelines aimed at ecological restoration, improvement of public spaces, and the integration of environmental conservation with sustainable urban development.