Dinâmica espacial urbana: um estudo do crescimento urbano da cidade de Monteiro - PB entre os anos de 1985 e 2015.

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the dynamics of the urban sprawl growth in Monteiro city, state of Paraiba, between the years 1985 and 2015, pointing out the patterns, trends and vectors that contributed to the transformation process of the urban design during this period. In order to reach that, it was applied space reading methods, such as thematic maps creation and manipulation; spatial syntax analysis; use of Digital Processing of Images (DPI) and Remote Sensing techniques, as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as well. So far, there are not too much studies like this one applied in Brazilian small cities, highlighting the importance of this work. These cities, even small, also need to monitor their urban growth process, which contributes to the improvement of the definition of urban and management planning strategies by the public administration.