Aplicação de técnicas de geoprocessamento na identificação de áreas com potencial para instalação de aterro sanitário no município de Almadina-Bahia

Abstract

Geoprocessing is a set of technologies and techniques used to collect, store, manipulate, analyze, and visualize geographic data by combining the principles of geographic information science with information technology resources. Its techniques involve the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which are specialized software designed to manage and analyze geographic data. These systems enable the creation of spatial databases, overlaying layers of geographic information, conducting spatial analysis, generating thematic maps, and visualizing results. Among them, environmental planning issues become indispensable through geoenvironmental studies for understanding natural 11 dynamics and the effects of human interaction with these landscapes. The objective of this study is to analyze the geoenvironmental characteristics of the municipality of Almadina, Bahia, through geoprocessing applications as a development tool in environmental planning in the municipality. In this way, it was possible to generate a cartographic project, mapping variables related to climatological, geological, geomorphological, hydrographic, pedological aspects, and land use and land cover of the area under study. With the result of these maps, it was found that the consolidation of existing physical-environmental data was useful in the arrangement process within the geographic information systems environment, making it possible to highlight potentials, weaknesses, and human use of space in modern forms of occupation.