Cidade e esporte: paisagem e espaço público em cena

Abstract

Since ancient times that cities are prevalent in their spatial and symbolic attributes to shelter the population in recreation al and sports activities. After the Olympic Games in contemporaneity, both, sports and cities only increased their chances to succeed in the collective life, either through major global sporting events, either in the daily lives of people. Topics such as healthy living and sustainability are recurring to seal to the urban quality of a city. In this article, we present the current characteristics of the presence of the sport in the streets, squares, parks and beaches in two Brazilian cities, Rio de Janeiro (coast) and Juiz de Fora (mountain) with an emphasis on walking and street running. The conclusion is that every time there is one more entrepreneurship activities that take place in public space. If this implies a greater range of activities for the population, it is also an appropriation of spaces and landscape by sector strategies that move people, currencies, but not always bring bene ts to the space where they settle.