EVOLUÇÃO DA ÁREA URBANIZADA NO MUNICÍPIO DE MORRETES-PR

The rapid and uncontrolled growth of urbanized areas has generated social and environmental problems that are difficult to solve in many Brazilian municipalities. The study of the evolution of the landscape can help managers to predict problems and assist in planning. This type of growth has been taking place in the municipality of Morretes, on the coast of the State of Paraná, which is part of one of the main remnants of the Atlantic Forest in a good state of conservation. In this sense, the objective of this research is to analyze the evolution of the urban landscape resulting from the expansion of the urbanized area of the municipality of Morretes, on the coast of Paraná. The 2005 and 2017 images of the city and the resources available in Google Earth Pro were used for this work. The temporal analysis of the images and the occupied area made it possible to quantify and locate the changes in the landscape in the aforementioned years of the study site. It was found that the urbanized area in Morretes grew during the 12 years studied. Mainly in two fronts of expansion that can be the main sites of evaluation of possible socio-environmental problems of the municipality. The use of Google Earth Pro software made this recognition possible in the Landscape, showing itself as a cost free and easy to use tool to study the urbanized landscapes of the Paraná coast.