A new approach to vegetation growth modelling in urban areas using geographical Information systems

• Grant number: 17/24038-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2018
• End date: August 23, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Agricultural Meteorology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Vandoir Bourscheidt
• Grantee: Elton Vicente Escobar Silva
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/12428-9 - Development of a vegetation growth model adapted to urban areas, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

The way urban settlements and human activities are organized in geographic space, along with high rates of population growth, are important concerns in modern society, especially considering the social and environmental impacts. In this context are natural urban ecosystems (with green areas as their main element), which in addition to contributing to public health also improve life quality of its citizens. One way to ensure an adequate relationship between natural urban ecosystems and the population is to optimize the conservation process of these areas, which implies on monitoring vegetation growth and green areas management. The study of vegetation growth and the variables involved in this process have motivated research in the fields of agriculture, forestry and environmental sciences, with the creation of different models. On the other hand, there are no similar models analyzing considering urban areas, where vegetation growth is influenced by different situations and goes through a regular cutting process. In this sense, this project aims to create a vegetation growth model integrated with GIS and adapted to the urban areas, considering the vegetation development in different conditions, which may provide subsidies to optimize public green areas management. In this way, it might contribute to the optimization of the cleaning processes, reducing costs and impacts to the ecosystem, and to improving the life quality of the population. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ESCOBAR-SILVA, ELTON VICENTE; BOURSCHEIDT, VANDOIR; DAUGHTRY, CRAIG S. T.; KINIRY, JIM R.; BACKES, ANDRE R.; CHAVES, MICHEL E. D.. A general grass growth model for urban green spaces management in tropical regions: A case study with bahiagrass in southeastern Brazil. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, v. 73, p. 12-pg., 2022-07-01. (21/07382-2, 18/12428-9, 17/24038-8)