Conflicts between street trees and urban equipments at Taquara, RJ

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of conflicts between the street arborization and the urban equipments in Taquara, RJ. The quali-quantitative inventory carried in 10% of the sheets in the area showed that there wasn’t any tree in 11,1% of the streets. It was observed the presence of 242 trees elements, wich were distributed in 41 species. The fact that 70,2% of this total presented at least one type of conflict with urban equipments, showed the necessity of developing an appropriate planning of public arborization in the area.

Key words:
Urban arborization; arborization inventory; urban tree management.