Community landscape reading in a medium-sized city, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

Abstract

This research intends to identify significant elements for users in the landscape of a medium-sized city, aiming to promote participatory and democratic urban planning. The goal is to identify how the social actors of a district perceive the values, memories, and preferences in the land-scape, evoked from its elements. Through the technique of Landscape Mosaic (visual panel and questionnaire), it was identified as the most significant place within the Camobi District. Community reading can strengthen the neighborhood's democratic urban planning since it was evidenced by what the inhabitants recognize as significant for their community, that is, elements that must remain and be valued in the landscape

Keywords

• urban spaces
• diagnosis
• participatory planning