Dinâmica do uso e ocupação do solo no litoral sul do estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil

• Main Authors: Gisele Girardi, Renata de Souza Cometti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2006-01-01
• Series: Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
• Subjects: land use and occupation; space organization coastal; south littoral of Espírito Santo state.
• Online Access: http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/made/article/viewFile/3114/6745
• ISSN: 1518-952X; 2176-9109

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’smetropolitan 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 inEspírito 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 ofthematic 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.