Land use cover assessment of BA-262 road, in relation to the installation of logistics enterprises

Abstract

This work aims to evaluate the suitability of land use and occupation in the BA-262 road section, in front of the installation of logistic projects. For this purpose, the mapping of the physical and environmental aspects and of land use and occupation was carried out in a band of 2km wide and 24km long located between the cities of Ilhéus and Uruçuca, in the State of Bahia. Drainage network data and classes of land use and occupation were obtained from the interpretation of aerial photographs in the 1: 2,000 scale and Digital Globe Satellite images from Google Earth. On the other hand, the data of Permanent Preservation Areas - PPA were obtained from the manipulation of the vector files of the drainage network (PPA of margins of water courses and springs) and identification of classes of use and occupation such as wetlands. In this way, the different classes of land use mapped together with the identification of PPA were classified into different classes of suitability in relation to the installation of logistic projects. The results found point to the scenario in which about 11% of the area presents satisfactory adequacy while 76% restriction to the use. From the above, with the mapping of the study area, it was possible to indicate areas suitable for receiving projects, in addition to proposing conditions that must be observed for choosing these locations.