Geografia Ensino & Pesquisa (Aug 2018)

Environmental Zoning of Watershed Occupied by Rural Settlement: Case Study of the Indaiá Stream

  • Leandro Félix da Siva,
  • Elias Rodrigues da Cunha,
  • Vitor Matheus Bacani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5902/2236499427352
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 0
pp. e11 – e11

Abstract

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The installation of a rural settlement complex in the watershed stream Indaiá has promoted changes in land-use and vegetation cover dynamics.In this sense, environmental zoning is a good alternative for the adequate management of natural resources. The aim of this work was to elaborate an environmental zoning proposal for the watershed stream Indaiá, located in the southeastern of the municipality of Aquidauana in the state MS. The environmental zoning was elaborated through combination of environmental fragility data, land-use and vegetation cover and brazilian forest code, starting spatial analysis using geotechnologies. The results obtained were very satisfactory and allowed the definition of five environmental zones: high restriction agropastoril development zone (36.56%), agropastoril development zone (21.30%), special protection zone (28.56%), zone maximum protection (6.82%) and the strategic recovery zone (6.76%). The proposal of environmental zoning indicated efficiently areas for the preservation of natural resources and economic activities that can be carried out in the watershed stream Indaiá.

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