AVALIAÇÃO DOS ESPAÇOS LIVRES DE USO PÚBLICO: SOCIABILIDADE, USO E ATIVIDADES EM PRAÇAS DE VITÓRIA-ES

Abstract

Many Brazilian cities have a lack of free spaces for public use, in quality and quantity, that satisfactorily serve the entire population. In order to help a better perception of these spaces, more specifically of squares, a qualitative assessment tool was developed, through a partnership between two Universities, in order to characterize and score these spaces. Organized on the basis of the Public Space Guide and the Walkability Index (iCam) and adapted for the evaluation of squares, the tool consists of indicators, which are grouped into attributes, which in turn are organized into four categories: Protection and Safety; Comfort and Image; Accesses and Connections; and Sociability, Uses and Activities. This article presents the evaluation of the squares in the administrative region 1 - Centro, located in the city of Vitória - ES, focusing on the category “Sociability, Uses and Activities”. With the results obtained, one perceives the low score of the squares in relation to the analyzed category, bearing in mind that the lack of leisure equipment offer results in little use of the squares or in the use only at a certain time of the day, negatively influencing other categories such as protection and security.