Geoprocessamento aplicado à análise e zoneamento dos sistemas ambientais da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Mundaú - PE/AL

Abstract

Given the population growth, technological development and the increasing demand for natural resources becomes clear the importance of the rational and sustainable use of these resources, mainly in the Northeast region of Brazil, which has a major imbalance between supply and demand water and suffer with various problems related to inappropriate land use. Analysis and zoning of different environmental systems, aided by geoprocessing tools, serve as input for land use planning, allowing knowledge and a better use of the potential environmental and reducing the negative effects caused by the inappropriate use of natural resources. Noting the foregoing, it is intended to carry out an analysis and zoning of environmental systems in the watershed of the Mundaú River (BHRM) - Pernambuco / Alagoas using geoprocessing and empirical models for determination of environmental vulnerability, identifying the main negative environmental impacts and propose a Geoenvironmental zoning model of the study area. The thesis is organized into seven sections, the first section presents the introduction of the research, justifying the relevance of the subject, exposing the thesis objectives, the organizational structure of the same, the literature review and theoretical foundations, and finally is held a demonstration of the technical and methodological procedures. The second section seeks to assess the morphometry of the basin of the Mundaú River, at this stage, the morphometric characteristics were grouped according to their properties: linear analysis, areal analysis and hypsometric analysis, where the linear attributes involve the drainage network and its spatial arrangement in the basin. To detail the study was considered the characterization of the basin of the Mundaú River and its sub-basins where each was analyzed individually. The third section was elaborated the mapping and characterization of geomorphic units of the watershed of the Mundaú River, interpreting the relief forms using different scales of identification and analysis. The elaborate geomorphological compartmentation considers the first four taxonomic levels of relief, where the morphogenetic processes and morphodynamics of the river basin were observed. In the fourth section was prepared mapping coverage and land use in the watershed study, serving as a planning tool and guidance for decision-making. On Thursday seeks to assess section, with the help of GIS techniques, environmental systems in the mentioned river basin, from the systematization and the interrelationship that exists between society and nature from the perspective of rational use of Geoenvironments, taking into account the capabilities and vulnerabilities. The sixth section we sought to establish a proposal for environmental zoning, using empirical models, through interpretation of remote sensing products and field analysis. Finally in the seventh section are made final thesis considerations.