Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:56:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EunadiaES.pdf: 1067607 bytes, checksum: 00fcdddebef4eb1b3d4127aa6cdbf869 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2001-04-16 / Owing to na intense process of urban development, urban uneasiness and discomfort in the daily life of populations have nowadays, especially in the big cities, become increasingly ordinary issues. Population density, degeneration of central areas and pollution are some of the environmental stressors the urban man is subjected to. The existence of open areas in the urban network contributes to a better movement of the air and transforms salubrity conditions. Yet, it has been noticed that parks and squares are disappearing from the heart of the city districts. In their place there are either unused plots of land where garbage has been dumped or nearly all-paved squares with meager or no vegetation at all. Such areas, when handled properly, play an important role in the city because in addition to being zones for rendering a mild climate they perform social, cultural and hygienic functions. Aiming at demonstrating that proper handling of green areas can favorably influence the local microclimate, we have attempted to develop analysis from the point of view of bioclimatizing attributes of urban form and their relationship to the local microclimate found in the eight open areas located in the Ponta Negra Housing Complex in the city of Natal/RN / Devido ao intenso processo de urbaniza??o, hoje, o mal-estar urbano e o desconforto no cotidiano da popula??o, especialmente nas grandes cidades, s?o quest?es cada vez mais presentes. Densidade populacional, degenera??o das ?reas centrais e polui??o s?o alguns dos estressores ambientais aos quais o homem urbano est? sujeito. A presen?a de espa?os livres na malha urbana contribui para uma melhor movimenta??o do ar, transformando as condi??es de salubridade. No entanto, o que se observa ? que os parques e pra?as no interior dos bairros est?o desaparecendo. S?o terrenos baldios que servem para o ac?mulo de lixo ou pra?as completamente pavimentadas com pouca ou nenhuma vegeta??o. Estas ?reas, quando tratadas adequadamente, desempenham um papel importante na cidade, pois al?m de constitu?rem zonas de ameniza??o do clima, cumprem fun??es sociais, culturais e higi?nica. Com o objetivo de demonstrar que o tratamento adequado das ?reas verdes pode influenciar favoravelmente o microclima local, buscou-se desenvolver an?lises sob o ponto de vista dos atributos bioclimatizantes da forma urbana e a sua rela??o com o microclima local das oito ?reas livres localizadas no Conjunto Habitacional Ponta Negra na cidade de Natal/RN