Urban forestation project as the city's heritage

Urban forestation is a crucially important element for the quality of the urban space, contributing also to the formation of the memory and cultural heritage of cities. Landscape design can ensure special characteristics of significant aesthetic value to the city. This study analysed the group of trees lining the streets of the city of Maringá-PR present in its initial master plan, implemented based on an urban forestation concept concept that has great aesthetic appeal. This study was divided into four stages: i) simulation of the city's initial urban forestation plan by mapping the distribution of individual types of trees planted along the streets in the study area; ii) analysis of the current landscape conducted in loco and photographically recorded, identifying the present situation of the group of trees along the streets; iii) comparative analysis of the urban forestation project originally implemented and the present condition of the trees, identifying the main factors influencing the development and preservation of the trees; and, finally, iv) proposing a re-forestation project. This project aims to solve the problems caused mainly by the aging of specimens, which has resulted in the need to replace old trees and preserve the aesthetic characteristics of the landscape established by the totality of the tree groups planted.

Urban arborization; Tree group; Landscape heritage; Urban landscape; Maringá-PR.