LAND USE EVALUATION: CASE STUDY IN BRAZIL

摘要

This work presents an analysis of the land use and land cover in the region of Paraiba Valley and North coast area of Sao Paulo State. Visual interpretation of Landsat and SPOT imageries at scale 1:100,000 was used to detect land use/land cover changes during the period of 1977/1988. In addition, maps of land use suitability and current land use/land cover categories were compared. Identification of inappropriate land use in the region were made.