Spatial and temporal analysis of the land cover in riparian buffer zones (Areas for Permanent Preservation) in Sorocaba City, SP, Brazil

  • Alexandre Marco da Silva UNESP
  • Felipe Muniz Silveira UNESP
  • Priscila Ikematsu UNESP
  • Fabiolla Pereira de Paula Bunge Fertilizantes S/A
  • Michele Bomback Unesp
  • Davi Pajaro Nogueira Secret Estadual de Meio Ambiente - SP
  • Sergio Henrique Alves Codevasf
Keywords: land cover maps, riparian buffer zones, geoprocessing

Abstract

Considering the fundamental role that the riparian vegetation plays in relation to maintenance of the environmental health of a watershed and the necessity of restoring sectors of the buffer zone without natural vegetation, in this paper we investigated what land cover classes occur along the riparian buffer stripes considered Area for Permanent Preservation (APP) in the Sorocaba municipality, SP in three periods: 1988, 1995 and 2003. Based on GIS technology and using the drainage network map, the APP stripes (riparian buffer zones) map was generated, and this map was overlaid to the land cover map (1988, 1995 and 2003) to provide a land cover map specifically of the riparian buffer zones. The results show that 58.43% of the APPs have no land cover of native vegetation and therefore, need to be reforested, representing 5,400 hectares to be restored.

Author Biographies

Alexandre Marco da Silva, UNESP
Doutorado em Ciências da Engenharia Ambiental pela Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil(1999) Pós-Doutorado pela Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil(2005) Atuação em Ciência do Solo, com ênfase em Manejo e Conservação do Solo Professor / pesquisador da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho , Brasil
Felipe Muniz Silveira, UNESP
Engenheiro Ambiental - ex-bolsista Fapesp
Priscila Ikematsu, UNESP
Engenheira Ambiental - Ex-bolsista FAPESP
Fabiolla Pereira de Paula, Bunge Fertilizantes S/A
Engenheira Ambiental - Ex-bolsista Fapesp
Michele Bomback, Unesp
Engenheira Ambiental - Ex-bolsista Fapesp
Davi Pajaro Nogueira, Secret Estadual de Meio Ambiente - SP
Engenheiro Ambiental - Ex-bolsista Fapesp
Sergio Henrique Alves, Codevasf
Engenheiro Ambiental - atualmente Engenheiro da CODEVASF
Published
29/08/2009
Section
Papers