Parques Urbanos: Análise temporal do Parque Municipal Milton Prates Em Montes Claros/MG: Impactos ambientais e qualidade hídrica

Abstract

Urban parks have a significant environmental impact, in terms of preservation, as well as an improvement in the population's quality of life. In Montes Claros, one of these important parks is the Milton Prates Municipal Park, created in 1968. Among the city's 11 municipal parks, this is the most visited and the third largest urban green area in the municipality of Montes Claros. The Park has undergone several transformations over its 53 years. When traveling through the entire area, it is noticeable the identification of the environmental impacts in the Municipal Park and its surroundings. Still, it is possible to verify the situation of current impacts on the lagoon and verify a strong influence of anthropic activity, since it is an area inserted in the intensely urbanized perimeter. With regard to water quality, although the lake receives many impacts from the anthropic action of its surroundings, it has viable water quality for its current uses. As for the quality of the air, it is observed that the intense urbanization of its surroundings allowed levels of heavy and medium pollution, with better results in the center of the park.