Use of numerical matrices in the Neighborhood Impact Study: case study

Abstract

The Neighborhood Impact Study is an instrument for identifying, assessing and analyzing impacts that have occurred in the urban environment. Its development provides the possibility of analyzing the building in question, in addition to discussing its licensing and the mitigating and compensatory measures to be applied. Since in many cases the analysis of impacts has a certain degree of subjectivity, the objective of this article is to apply a more rational method, based on numerical matrices, in the Neighborhood Impact Study of an building in the city of Caxias do Sul/RS. For each of the analyzed parameters, a form of analysis was proposed based on municipal legislation or, failing this, on the existing literature. Among the main conclusions, it was observed the importance of preparing Neighborhood Impact Studies for projects of significant size, and with this instrument it was possible to predict the impacts generated after the implementation of the studied enterprise. The use of the numerical matrices presented here can provide methodological support to Neighborhood Impact Studies, making them more objective.