Hemerobia das paisagens: Conceito, classificação e aplicação no bairro Pici - Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

The human occupation of landscapes usually despises the benefits that nature can provide, frequently substituting this benefits for created services based in technology resources, with elevated energy consuming. Landscapes with high technology and energetic dependence to its maintenance, with low capacity of auto regulation, poor utilization of nature's functions show high hemeroby. Identifying hemeroby is a technique which makes possible a reflection about types and intensity of anthopogenic landscape's transformations. This research presents the important background and elementary studies on hemeroby, it suggests hemeroby evaluation in urban landscapes criteria and in more detailed scales, applying these suggestions to the district of Pici (Fortaleza - CE - Brazil).