THE DEGRADED LANDSCAPES OF THE PALMELO MUNICIPALITY IN GOIAS STATE: THE STUDY OF THE GULLIES BY MEANS OF FIELDWORK

Authors

  • Vandervilson Alves Carneiro Universidade Estadual de Goiás
  • Pedro Oliveira Paulo Universidade Estadual de Goiás
  • Eduardo Morais Lima Melo Instituto Federal Goiano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v10i1.8980

Keywords:

Fieldwork, Gullies, Environmental degradation

Abstract

This work presents some considerations about the dynamics of degraded landscapes processes, like gullies, located in Palmelo, Goiás State, within Pires do Rio Microregion. Throughout a complete fieldwork, the gullies, in rural areas, that threat to underlying water table were mapped and cataloged. Unfortunately, one notices that gullies continually increase in size and number, mainly because there are no projects in order to restraint or reduce them promoted by local government. Besides, the illegal disposing of great amounts of waste still into the gullies, affects the quality of people’s life as well as the water table associated to them. Nevertheless, a very detailed case study of gullies, their cataloguing and identification, may help in the proposition of procedures to prevent and avoid illegal dumping of rubbish and waste, reduce the risks of accidents and eliminates these important factors of landscape degradation.

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Author Biographies

Vandervilson Alves Carneiro, Universidade Estadual de Goiás

Docente do Curso de Geografia da UEG - Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Pires do Rio.

Pedro Oliveira Paulo, Universidade Estadual de Goiás

Docente da UEG – Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis (GO) Doutorando em Geociências da UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro (SP).

Eduardo Morais Lima Melo, Instituto Federal Goiano

Tecnólogo em Geoprocessamento, IFG - Instituto Federal Goiano.

Published

2014-07-22

How to Cite

Carneiro, V. A., Paulo, P. O., & Morais Lima Melo, E. (2014). THE DEGRADED LANDSCAPES OF THE PALMELO MUNICIPALITY IN GOIAS STATE: THE STUDY OF THE GULLIES BY MEANS OF FIELDWORK. GeoTextos, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v10i1.8980

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