Índice de caminhabilidade de Blumenau em Santa Catarina/Brasil: uma análise do Centro e do bairro Badenfurt

Abstract

The city is a dynamic system in constant change, whose effects are also evident in its urban infrastructure, among them the sidewalks, whose quality for the displacement can be measured by walkability. The overall objective of thiswork is to analyze whether and how has been the evolution of the walkabilityof the Centre and Badenfurt neighborhood in the city of Blumenau. The work is exploratory and descriptive, with qualitative and quantitative character. There have been used techniques of documentary, bibliographic and field research, whose data were processed with the help of software ArcGIS 10.3. The results indicate that from 2005 to 2015 there was a small reduction in walkabilityin the Center and a significant increase in this index in Badenfurt. The research has led to important benefits for the territorial planning process, since the Urban Mobility Plan, required by law no.12.587/2012, is being prepared in the city.