Multitemporal analysis of the use and occupation of controlled-densification zones (cdz) in the city of marabá-pa, Brazil: Challenges, reflections, and new delimitations
International Journal of Development Research
Multitemporal analysis of the use and occupation of controlled-densification zones (cdz) in the city of marabá-pa, Brazil: Challenges, reflections, and new delimitations
Received 20th October, 2021; Received in revised form 27th November, 2021; Accepted 22nd December, 2021; Published online 28th January, 2022
Copyright © 2021, Flaviany Luise Nogueira de Sousa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The city of Marabá, located in southeastern Pará, presents a division of its urban macrozone in its Municipal Master Plan that allows for the balanced distribution of population density in the city. Among the existing sectors, there are the Controlled-Densification Zones or Sectors (CDZs), which exist to distribute urban activities. In this context, the present study aimed to verify the limits of the CDZ areas in the Nova Marabá, Velha Marabá, and Cidade Nova districts, as they are designated in the territorial plan, performing a multitemporal analysis to understand the expansion dynamics of these areas in the municipality. The Historical Images tool of the Google Earth Pro software was used to analyze images from the years 2005, 2010, and 2020 and, later, image charts were generated. The results showed that some CDZs in the Velha Marabá and Nova Marabá districts should be removed in the next Master Plan revision, as they currently no longer meet the guidelines set out regarding these spaces. It was concluded that the disorderly expansion exceeded the CDZ limits delimited in the 2018 Master Plan, with the population starting to occupy areas of environmental interest and risk areas in all the analyzed districts.
