Urban agriculture as a way of use and occupation in urban space

the case of the neighborhood Lagoa Redonda in Fortaleza-Ceará

Abstract

The practice of Urban Agriculture (UA) permeates the reproduction aspects of specific rural activities within cities, although it also encompasses this premise, AU emerges as a practice recognized for the cultivation of diverse cultures and the breeding of animals in urban areas. In the city of Fortaleza, this activity is spatialized in some neighborhoods, among which the Lagoa Redonda neighborhood stands out because it concentrates a significant amount of gardens, which guides the debate about the permanence of these gardens in view of the different uses that urban soil acquires mainly in the context of the territorial disputes of the urban space. Therefore, it deals with the benefits and provisions that such activity exercises, which leads the reflection on how the established use and occupation can be liable and possible for reproduction. The research used bibliographic and secondary data surveys, visits at a location in the neighborhood, in specific institutes and laboratories, as well as the aid of geoprocessing techniques for the analysis and preparation of cartographic material. The results encourage the analysis and understanding of the feasibility of a use and occupation that takes advantage of the spaces for the reproduction of UA and the implementation of a specific policy for the activity.