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undoubtedly complex. According to Hardt (2006), such characterization is identified
with the structuring concept of city, composed of natural and cultural systems. Thus,
Oliveira (2018) refers the understanding of territory and its amplitude, to the notion
of landscape, defined as the relation between the support and the cover.
The legal protection of natural and human environments in Curitiba acquired
at federal, state and municipal reliefs, is ample. The natural environment is a subject in the Federal Constitution (Chapter IV—Natural Enviroment, Art. 225) and in
the Common Legislation (Law Nº 6.938, August 31, 1981—National Policy of the
Environment). Artificial environment and urban environment are found in the Federal
Constitution (Art. 30. It is the responsibility of the Municipalities: VIII, IX/Art. 182.
§ 1º, § 2º) and Common Legislation (Law Nº 10.257, July 10, 2001—Cities Statute;
Law Nº 13.089, January 12, 2015—Metropolis Statute; Law Nº 14.771, December
17, 2015—New Revision of Curitiba’s Master Plan: Art. 1º; Art. 17. II, V, IV; Art. 20;
Art. 29. VI; Art. 68. II, III, IV, V, VI, VII; Art. 69. I, II, III IV, V, VI, VI, Art. 70. I, II,
III, IV, V, Art. 72. III, IV, V, VI). Work Environment is defined in Federal Constitution (Title VIII—Social Order; Art. 193). Cultural Environment is include in Federal
Constitution (Chapter III—Education, Culture and Sports; Section II—Culture Art.
215; Art. 216. I, II, III, IV, V § 1º) and Special legislation for the preservation of
cultural heritage (Federal—Decree-Law Nº 25, November, 30, 1937; State—Law Nº
1.211, September, 16, 1953; Municipal—Law Nº 14.794, March, 29, 2016).
At this point, the public perception of Curitiba Central District is that it is a highly
valued cultural heritage and it is fully protected by an existing regulatory framework.
The legal guarantees made to preserve the tangible and intangible cultural heritage,
are consolidated and interconnected by environmental teleology. The current questions are whether these assets can be evaluated collectively, how the community can
be involved in their reinterpretation and enjoy a landscape that is valued. In the balance of the uses of space and its urban value, cultural heritage is essential for new
economies, as tourism, and for the construction of new meanings between what is
perceived and inherited from the past and what can be planned. The Central District
is a small area of the municipality that contains a large sample of heritage related to
the rest of the city.
3 Urban Rivers
Rivers are important elements in the landscape of many cities. The history of the
occupation of a territory has a direct relation with the surrounding water ways that
are used for supply, transport, communication, and agriculture. Many cities have their
identity associated with the river that gave them origin: Paris and the Seine, Lisbon
and the Tagus, Vienna and the Danube. However, during the 20th century, urban
rivers were often treated with disregard, seen mainly as wastewater destinations. In
1957, the Thames was declared a dead river by scientists at the London Natural
History Museum (Francis et al. 2008).
A. M. Osorio Guzmán et al.
undoubtedly complex. According to Hardt (2006), such characterization is identified
with the structuring concept of city, composed of natural and cultural systems. Thus,
Oliveira (2018) refers the understanding of territory and its amplitude, to the notion
of landscape, defined as the relation between the support and the cover.
The legal protection of natural and human environments in Curitiba acquired
at federal, state and municipal reliefs, is ample. The natural environment is a subject in the Federal Constitution (Chapter IV—Natural Enviroment, Art. 225) and in
the Common Legislation (Law Nº 6.938, August 31, 1981—National Policy of the
Environment). Artificial environment and urban environment are found in the Federal
Constitution (Art. 30. It is the responsibility of the Municipalities: VIII, IX/Art. 182.
§ 1º, § 2º) and Common Legislation (Law Nº 10.257, July 10, 2001—Cities Statute;
Law Nº 13.089, January 12, 2015—Metropolis Statute; Law Nº 14.771, December
17, 2015—New Revision of Curitiba’s Master Plan: Art. 1º; Art. 17. II, V, IV; Art. 20;
Art. 29. VI; Art. 68. II, III, IV, V, VI, VII; Art. 69. I, II, III IV, V, VI, VI, Art. 70. I, II,
III, IV, V, Art. 72. III, IV, V, VI). Work Environment is defined in Federal Constitution (Title VIII—Social Order; Art. 193). Cultural Environment is include in Federal
Constitution (Chapter III—Education, Culture and Sports; Section II—Culture Art.
215; Art. 216. I, II, III, IV, V § 1º) and Special legislation for the preservation of
cultural heritage (Federal—Decree-Law Nº 25, November, 30, 1937; State—Law Nº
1.211, September, 16, 1953; Municipal—Law Nº 14.794, March, 29, 2016).
At this point, the public perception of Curitiba Central District is that it is a highly
valued cultural heritage and it is fully protected by an existing regulatory framework.
The legal guarantees made to preserve the tangible and intangible cultural heritage,
are consolidated and interconnected by environmental teleology. The current questions are whether these assets can be evaluated collectively, how the community can
be involved in their reinterpretation and enjoy a landscape that is valued. In the balance of the uses of space and its urban value, cultural heritage is essential for new
economies, as tourism, and for the construction of new meanings between what is
perceived and inherited from the past and what can be planned. The Central District
is a small area of the municipality that contains a large sample of heritage related to
the rest of the city.
3 Urban Rivers
Rivers are important elements in the landscape of many cities. The history of the
occupation of a territory has a direct relation with the surrounding water ways that
are used for supply, transport, communication, and agriculture. Many cities have their
identity associated with the river that gave them origin: Paris and the Seine, Lisbon
and the Tagus, Vienna and the Danube. However, during the 20th century, urban
rivers were often treated with disregard, seen mainly as wastewater destinations. In
1957, the Thames was declared a dead river by scientists at the London Natural
History Museum (Francis et al. 2008).