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Evaluation of Environmental Naturalness: A Case Study in the Tietê-Jacaré Hydrographic Basin, São Paulo, Brazil

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posted on 2023-07-26, 15:17 authored by Diego Peruchi Trevisan, Mayara Herrmann Ruggiero, Polyanna da Conceição Bispo, Dayana Almeida, Maryam Imani, Heiko Balzter, Luiz E. Moschini
The connection between humanity and nature has an organizational impact on land use/land, often changing landscapes' patterns. In this context, our study aims to analyze the changes in the land-scape structure of the Tietê-Jacaré watershed, São Paulo state, Brazil, in 2007 and 2017, through the urbanity index. The landscape analysis described the temporal landscape patterns resulting from the influence of anthropogenic processes. This approach assumes that the environmental impacts are associated with the vulnerability of land use components. The urbanity index was utilized to analyze the landscape sustainability conditions in response to anthropogenic influence. We ob-served a reduction in vegetation areas (2.72%), representing 32,149 ha, followed by an expansion of crops (2.05%, 24,507.53 ha) and, as a result, a reduction of the landscape environmental quality with a growth of the areas with anthropic intervention. The development of anthropic activities, land use, and land cover changes could compromise the region’s ecosystems negatively, e.g., through effects on soils that provide sustenance vegetation and afford energy for terrestrial life. The ur-banity index expressed the conservation and natural state of the landscape studied. It is presented as an essential tool for diagnosing the environment and for the conservation of the ecosystem, allowing precise analysis of landscape elements and enabling accurate analysis of each fragment of the landscape.

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  • Yes

Volume

13

Issue number

6

Page range

3021

Publication title

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

Publisher

MDPI

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  • Published version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2021-03-10

Legacy creation date

2021-03-10

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Science & Engineering

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