Valoração ambiental do parque urbano Santos Dumont - Recife/PE

Abstract

Urbanization and agglomeration in cities have led people to seek natural spaces for recreation and leisure, which can be explained by the need for human in-teraction with the environment. On the other hand, the indiscriminate use of the natural area can cause damage to the ecosystem. The objective of this paper is to verify the environmental perception of users, in the sense of the importance of preservation and conservation that increase the level of well-being for the current and future genera-tions, Parque Santos Dumont (PSD), which is one of the green areas. Located in the metropolitan region of Recife-PEand that has many leisure and recreation activities. Thus, it intends to profile users and analyze their behaviors and attitudes regarding the use of the Park and estimate the Willingness to Pay (WTP) for its maintenance and conservation. Thus, this work makes use of the Environmental Contingent Valuation Method, from the application of questionnaires. The willingness to pay for natural re-sources can be seen as an important indicator for valuing the environment. This anal-ysis aims to identify the socioeconomic and behavioral variables that will be converted to average WTP by users. In this study, willingness to pay was calculated by the amount to be paid by users multiplied by the percentages of users who said they were willing to pay that amount. The estimate of the WTP and the results of this research may serve as a basis for further study of the Park, aiming at the socioeconomic and sustainable development at the site.