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Threats to Piauí's Cerrado - A Temporal Analysis by Remote Sensing

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The Cerrado is the largest vegetation formation in South America, covering just over 2 million km². Of the 203.4 million hectares of Cerrado, which represent around 24% of the entire Brazilian territory, half has been lost to practices such as unbridled grain production, extensive cattle ranching, energy generation and infrastructure. With 5.9% of the Brazilian Cerrado, the state of Piauí suffers from deforestation for agricultural exploitation. In this context, this book used Remote Sensing and Image Data Mining techniques applied to Landsat 5 satellite images to carry out a Temporal Analysis of the growth in the replacement of native vegetation in favor of agribusiness in the Piauí municipalities of Uruçuí and Bom Jesus and the consequent socio-environmental impacts caused by this practice on the Piauí Cerrado. The analysis showed a marked increase in land use in the areas under study, which led to the conclusion that the use of these techniques is a viable alternative for monitoring the processes of replacing native vegetation and assessing the socio-environmental damage caused by this practice.

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Ana Sousa - studentessa di Master in Informatica presso l'Università Federale di Paraíba (UFPB), ha sviluppato progetti di ricerca che riguardano il telerilevamento e la geoelaborazione. Rangel Nunes - Dottorando in Geologia presso l'Università Federale del Ceará, è attualmente professore presso l'Istituto Federale del Piauí. Ha esperienza in banche dati e geoprocessing.

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Authors Rangel Nunes, Ana Sousa
Publisher Our Knowledge Publishing
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.03.2024
 
EAN 9786207297160
ISBN 9786207297160
No. of pages 56
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous

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