Land use and occupation dynamics of south littoral of Espírito Santo state, Brazil

Authors

  • Gisele Girardi Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
  • Renata de Souza Cometti Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo -

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v13i0.3114

Keywords:

Uso e ocupação do solo, organização do espaço costeiro, Litoral Sul do Espírito Santo, land use and occupation, space organization coastal, south littoral of Espírito Santo state

Abstract

This paper analyse some aspects of land use and occupation of the south littoral of Espírito Santo’s
state, Brazil, region composed by eleven municipalities, five of them included in Grande Vitória’s
metropolitan region. Justifies, initially, the territorial contour adopted and to present an historical
approach of this occupation, that is articulated to the general movement of the space organization in
Espírito Santo’s state. Discusses, based in analyses of tables, the demographic and urban dynamics,
infra-structurals aspects and social and economics indicators. Finally, points out some future tendencies and sceneries, with emphasis on recent off-shore oil exploration, economic force that promotes a new
space organization. This paper is an result of the research developped by Espírito Santo’s team of
thematic sub-group “Land Use and Occupation”, of thematic group “Modeling and Monitoring of the
Coastal Erosion and Occupation” of the “Instituto do Milênio” (Milênio-Recos-MMOC), and intend to
provide some elements to comprehension of relations between natural and human elements that configure
the brazilians coastal zones.

Author Biographies

Gisele Girardi, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Professora Doutora no Departamento de Geografia do Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo e membro do Sub-Grupo Temático Uso e Ocupação do Solo do Instituto do Milênio Recursos Costeiros Grupo Temático Modelagem e monitoramento da erosão e ocupação costeira (Milênio-Recos-MMOC).

Renata de Souza Cometti, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo -

Aluna do Curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo e Bolsista de Iniciação Científica CNPq no Milênio-Recos-MMOC no período 2003/2004.

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Published

2006-06-30

How to Cite

Girardi, G., & Cometti, R. de S. (2006). Land use and occupation dynamics of south littoral of Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 13. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v13i0.3114

Issue

Vol. 13 (2006): Coastal Land Use and Occupation: a mosaic of diversity

Section

OCUPAÇÃO E USO DO SOLO COSTEIRO: UM MOSAICO DE DIVERSIDADE

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