Uso social do ambiente: um estudo com jovens moradores do entorno sul da Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke

Abstract

The territorial ordainment characterized as a manifestation of social aspects in order to maintain the functionality of their own reality. In the current thinking is a place for nature and one for human society. Some areas are organized to live, while other chosen to be protected. In some places the accesses are allowed for one group while in other places there is an impediment. From this social order established for the area, this study proposed to examine the social uses of young people living in the suburb of Manaus in a surrounding area of the Reserva Ducke forest provide these young people and how such use taking into account the frequency, the attachment and belonging to place. This research took into account the daily life of young people in places of social e family formation, leisure and sports, and wandering places. Hundred and thirty youngster took part of this study. The results showed that the places relating to personal and social formation are important spaces for those young people, which as a rule, pointed high indices of frequency and satisfaction and stand out as a reference for educational and citizenship dimensions. It was also evident that those young people develop different activities with different intensities in places for leisure and sport and the wandering places. However, these places are considered as space of socialization relations (where to interact with their peers friendship opportunities) than necessarily specific activities that these places offer. Even though the places presented are not frequented by most of these youngsters, those who attend show high levels of satisfaction, which suggests the formation of juvenile territorialities. These places are thus suitable for young people who give strong evidence of attachment, where the places of personal and social education are highlighted, followed by leisure and sport seats and finally, the wandering places. The findings of this study tell us that these young people, even with restrictions of opportunities, create territorialities from such those very few possibilities they receive and turn to see their social needs met.