Environmental planning of the city of Barra Bonita, SC, in the perspective of geographic information technologies

Abstract

Human actions, in their diversity, deeply affect the environment, making changes which can reflect a state of environmental degradation. For the planning, management and monitoring of these changes, geotechnological resources were utilized to generate a georeferenced geographic database, using software SPRING 4.2, about the Barra Bonita, SC county, by combining physical and socioeconomic variables. Further elaboration and correlation of information resulted in Thematic Maps of Land Use and Cover, Hypsometric, Slope, Orientation of Slopes, Suitability for Agricultural Use and Environmental Planning which can guide the county’s environmental and territorial planning. As a result, it was observed in the Thematic Map of Environmental Planning that 9513,24 ha of the component in a territorial unit of study, 19,65% are to remain protected, as are areas of APP, 22% it possess aptitude I, 19,94% with aptitude II, 10,25% with aptitude III, 28,16% with aptitude IV and none area of aptitude V, for this class add to the APP. The results showed that the search geographical, from the perspective of geographic information technologies, contributes significantly to the development of projects for environmental planning and propose the appropriate and rational use of natural resources available, which preserve and improve the quality of human life and environmental.