URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS STARTING FROM FREQUENT CHANGES IN ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC ZONING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREA AT THE LAGOAS AND DUNES OF ABAETÉ

Abstract

Doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2015.13410

Environmental Protection in urban areas suffer temporally with the growth of cities. In most cases the uncontrolled growth of cities appears as one of the agents of degradation. Understanding the dilemma of environmental degradation is the responsibility of both the citizens, government agencies such as the various productive sectors of the economy, it is important that everyone can contribute to mitigation of the impacts of their actions on the environment. Thus, this work aims to present the developments related to the changing of the Environmental Protection Area of ponds and dunes of Abaete Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE) from its institutionalization in 1987 The methodology included the analysis of temporal images years 1976 and 2010 this process mosaics were produced from aerial photographs which image interpretation techniques for delineation of the Environmental Protection area (APA) were applied. Later the boundaries, thematic maps that would support cross-point information that contributed to findings of changes in vegetation, in geomorphology, geology, and water balance in the cluttered urban settlements were built. It is concluded that the APA had Abaete in a period of 18 years from the APA Abaete decreased by 75.35 ha of the area and the need for efficient application of environmental education programs with all those who live and frequent the area studied.