Revista: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
Número de sistema: | 000412248 |
ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
Autors: | Correa, Claudia V.S1 Reis, Fabio A.G.V1 Giordano, Lucilia C1 Bressane, Adriano2 Chaves, Camila J1 Amaral, Ana Maria C. do1 Brito, Hermes D1 Medeiros, Gerson A. de1 |
Institucions: | 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Pos-Graduacao em Geociencias e Meio Ambiente, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Ambientais, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
Any: | 2017 |
Període: | Sep |
Volum: | 89 |
Número: | 3 |
Paginació: | 1503-1530 |
País: | Brasil |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Enfoque: | Experimental, aplicado |
Resumen en inglés | The geo-environmental zoning represents an important strategy in the territorial management. However, it requires a logical and structured procedure. Therefore, an approach using physiographic compartmentalization is proposed and applied as case study in a region covered by the topographic maps of São José dos Campos and Jacareí, Brazil. This region has great geological and geomorphological peculiarities, beyond being a place with large human interventions because of its quickly economic growth. The methodology is based on photointerpretation techniques and remote sensing in GIS environment. As a result, seven geo-environmental zones were obtained from a weighted integration by multicriteria analysis of physiographic units with land-use classes. In conclusion, taking into account potentialities and limitations, the proposed approach can be considered able to support sustainable decision-making, being applicable in other regions |
Disciplines | Geografía, Geociencias |
Paraules clau: | Geografía física, Zonación ambiental, Fisiografía, Uso del suelo, Percepción remota, Toma de decisiones |
Keyword: | Geography, Earth sciences, Physical geography, Environmental zoning, Physiography, Land use, Remote sensing, Decision making |
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