Análisis del paisaje del embalse de Funil (Brasil) mediante la aplicación de la metodología de Flatrès-Mury

The formation of a reservoir for a hydroelectric favors the tourism use and the nautical transport, besides taking advantage of the landscapes of its around. The visual study of these landscapes can be realized through horizontal and vertical points of view. The horizontal point of view studies the components and the elements of the landscape. In the vertical one, the observer places inside or out of the scene in order to distinguish zones depending on the visibility and, in this way, to diagnose the environmental impacts, the human activities and the beauty of the landscape. The aim of this research was to propose modifications and adjustments in Flatres-Mury’s methodology (1984), adapted by Ayuga Tellez (2001), which were making possible to diagnose the beauty of the landscape and the environmental impacts in the landscape of hydroelectric do Funil in Mines Gerais (Brazil) arounds. The results have demonstrated that the readjustment and the use of the methodology, including the reservoir and valuing subjective parameters as broad vision and concrete ones as human uses, were efficient. The modifications (broad vision, relief effect and coverage effect) enriched the methodology, highlighting sides not considered as the intervisibility, the visual scene, landscape units and the mirror effect of water, among others. The methodology has been revealed suitable for agricultural and natural landscapes, but without the capacity of expression for urban landscapes.