ANTHROPIC PRESSURE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PARANÁ: An exploratory spatial data analysis

Abstract

The objective of the study was to identify the municipalities of the state of Paraná that present higher values of anthropic pressure and to use the methodology of the exploratory analysis of spatial data (AEDE) to identify clusters of municipalities in the mesoregions of the state considering the variables demographic density, per capita water consumption, per capita electricity consumption and number of motor vehicles per inhabitant. The results showed that there is a high-high cluster for the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba of demographic density composed of thirteen municipalities. Central North has a high-high cluster of annual water consumption per capita and there are two high-high clusters for total annual electricity consumption per capita, the first in municipalities of the mesoregions Eastern Center and Metropolitan Region of Curitiba and the second occupying mostly the central region of the state. The number of motor vehicles per capita presented high-high cluster in the western and south-western mesoregions. The government and the population of the municipalities participating in these groups with greater anthropogenic pressure should be concerned with the scarcity of water and electricity and develop solutions for the pollution generated by high population density and motor vehicles

Keywords

• anthropic pressure
• paraná
• exploratory analysis of spatial data