Analysis of environmental fragility of Álvares Machado - SP

• Grant number: 16/21023-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography
• Principal Investigator: Isabel Cristina Moroz Caccia Gouveia
• Grantee: Gleice Santana Pereira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/23959-9 - Mapping and analysis of territory of sugarcane agrohidrobusiness in the Pontal do Paranapanema region - São Paulo State - Brazil labor relations, conflict and land and water use and environmental health, AP.BIOEN.TEM

Abstract

The research aims to analyze the environmental fragility and susceptibility to erosion in the rural municipality of Alvares Machado, located in the west of São Paulo. Therefore, the method adopted recognizes and characterizes the environmental attributes of the city depending on the features of the bedrock, of landforms, soil types and categories of use and occupation of land. (AU)