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

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

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 ripari...

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Main Authors: Sergio Henrique Alves, Davi Pajaro Nogueira, Michele Bomback, Fabiolla Pereira de Paula, Priscila Ikematsu, Felipe Muniz Silveira, Alexandre Marco da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2009-08-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
Subjects:
land cover maps
riparian buffer zones
geoprocessing
Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/215

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