Caracterização sócioespacial do distrito de Passo Novo e do subdistrito de Guassu Boi em Alegrete - RS, utilizando Sistemas de Informações Geográficas - SIG

Abstract

This research has as its main objective specialize and caracerize the district of Passo Novo and the sub district of Guassu Boi in Alegrete, localized in the southwest Campanha of Rio Grande do Sul, using the GIS technique. In this manner, relevant aspects of this areas were taken notice, such as historical formation, not only the city but also the region of the Campanha Gaucha, aspects related to the Physical geography such as geologic formations, geomorphology and vegetation among others. Also its socioeconomics condition such as agriculture and pecuaria were studied. The elaboration of a cluster of altitmetry of thematics maps of declivity drainage net, roads, as the obtained results has made possible an analisys of the reality demonstrating the perfect viability of the use of GIS in specializing rural areas, just as used in this research. In this sense even though the district of Passo Novo and the sub district of Guassu Boi presented significant pluralities, just as in its use and occupation as in its natural characteristics and analisys, through this methodology demonstrated that the GIS serve as an useful tool the devlopment this reesearch, as long as it has its delimited objectives to obtain a satisfactory result. This work is divided in four chapter: Characterization of the Studied City; Literature Revision; Methodological procedures; Obtained Results Author´s Final Considerations.