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- Title
POTENCIAL DE MOVIMENTO DE MASSA NO MUNICÍPIO DE MACEIÓ-ALAGOAS.
- Authors
Rodrigues, Bruno Timóteo; Cavalcanti Calheiros, Sivana Quintella; de Alves de Melo, Nivanei
- Abstract
Brazil is more enters the 10 countries reached by natural disasters in the world and the landslides consist in one of the main geologic risks of the Country, being able themselves to point occured situations in Rio de Janeiro, Alagoas and Pernambuco. The objective of the present work was to investigate from a database georreferenciada, potential areas for probable ambient disasters, considering the produced alterations and space relations on an ambient and socioeconômica structure of the city of Maceió. The analysis was carried through by geoprocessamento, whose Geographic System of used Information was the System of Analysis Geoambiental (S.A.G.A. - UFRJ), becoming use of a database, that if constitutes of diverse thematic maps, which on this base had been prospectivas planimetrias, analyses (ambient signatures) and ambient evaluations of the identified ambient situations: mass movements. The ambient potential evaluation for movement of masses is identified as one of the defining ones of occurrence of natural disasters. The evaluations had lead to the identification of potential areas for occurrence of movement of masses of potential natural disasters. The Geographic Systems of Information presented a vision integrator, being a powerful instrument of ambient analysis aiming at the support the decision.
- Subjects
NATURAL disaster research; LANDSLIDES; HAZARDOUS geographic environments; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; THEMATIC maps
- Publication
Geo UERJ, 2013, Vol 2, Issue 23, p207
- ISSN
1415-7543
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12957/geouerj.2013.5351