Open AccessANALYSIS OF LANDSCAPE QUALITY IN THE QUEIMA-PÉ RIVER BASIN, MATO GROSSO
Author(s) -
Rogério Gonçalves Lacerda de Gouveia,
Edinéia Aparecida dos Santos Galvanin,
Sandra Mara Alves da Silva Neves,
Jesã Pereira Kreitlow,
Anthero Luiz dos Santos
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
floresta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1982-4688
pISSN - 0015-3826
DOI - 10.5380/rf.v45i1.35747
Subject(s) - geography , forestry , pasture , structural basin , land use , cartography , vegetation (pathology) , drainage basin , hydrology (agriculture) , physical geography , geomorphology , geology , ecology , biology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , pathology
In thist study, land use and landscape quality were analyzed in the Queima-Pe river basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Land use and landscape quality were identified based on 3 m of spatial resolution images from GeoEye. For land use, manual segmentation and visual interpretation methods were used. Twelve map classes were identified and semi-perennial crops, temporary crops, pasture and native vegetation were the most significant ones. In terms of land use, the basin area contained 55.83% pasture, 26.06% crops, and 7.49% natural vegetation. Landscape analysis revealed that the study area contained 0.79% lower class, 87.80% medium-class, and 11.40% upper-class quality landscape. Through this analysis was determined predominance of the visual quality characterized as medium class, in the basin area. Keywords: Geotechnology; land use; environment.
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