Potential areas of determination for urban sprawl through analysis of multi-criteria – the urban planning experience of Mateus Leme/MG
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2016
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This article presents the methodological experience in the application of GIS techniques in mapping and analysis of potential areas for Urban Sprawl in the city of Mateus Leme, belonging to the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH). This experience occurred in 2014 from a technical cooperation agreement between the city of Mateus Leme, the Metropolitan Agency RMBH and the prosecutor of Minas Gerais, for the preparation of the Specific Project of Urban Sprawl (SPUS) of Mateus Leme. To eliminate the fragmented treatment and control the occupation of the territory to ensure integrated management, including risks and natural disasters, Law nº. 12.608/2012 establishing the National Policy of Protection and Civil Defense amended the City Charter, Law nº. 10.257/2001, creating the Article 42 -B, which has required municipalities wishing to extend its city limits, after the date of publication of the law, the drafting of a SPUS. The study was developed in GIS environment (Geographic Information Systems) and used a relational database to store the information and attributes of geographic objects (in tables) and files, to save the geometric representations of these objects (spatial representations) provided that the crossings between variables (Analysis of multi-criteria) resulting in land potential areas for Urban Sprawl. This result supported the discussion and the proposed new perimeter of Urban Sprawl of the city.
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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