ARAÚJO, F. S.; ARAÚJO, Francivaldo Silva de
Abstract:
The are can be a real ecological disaster, caused by the nature or by
the human activities. The impossibility of controlling the nature of the tire, the
diagnc:ls can help in píe\'cntion measures. Teus, to work the issue of the ares from
íaising 3nd diag=o:is from the oíeas of greatest risk of occurrence is prerequisite for
píc-.'cntion a=d ccntrcl to thls phcnomenon. Based on this scenery, this present study
had as objectiva to realize a dlagnostic of use of the are along the BR 230. on the
:p=:c bcH-'ccn the cltics of São l\.qamede and Cajazeiras, state of Paraíba, with the
intuit of to '7crify thc prcblcm of ares with bases on this diagnosis. This study was
f:3li=c.J in a total of 194 1<m of high'ivay. Were used for the study of burned áreas the
=:crdinatcs o5t:incd using GPS cquipment, and computer programa (software) for
;rc:c::ing of knc\'.ín elcmcnts cbtained (IDRISI). The highest number of points of
tiros -.'/3s cb:crved h-ch'.'c8n Patos/Condado with 26.8% (27 focus), followed by São
:.'la=ede/Patos '.vith 23.89/o (24 fccus) and Condado/Pombas with 18.8% (19 focus).
In r lation to the área, fere observed the followers values: Patos/Condado
{877.SeOm2), Condado/Pcmbal(708.680m2). Pombal/Sousa(363.720m'),
:cusdCaia=:iras (321.335mz) and Sõo f'lamede/Patos (254.920m2) of área burned.
