GIS techniques applied to highway planning: the Sao Paulo metropolitan ring road (RODOANEL), Brazil

Author

Kux, Hermann J H ; Penido, Luciano R. ; De Mattos, Juércio T.

Author_Institution

DSR, Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

5

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2699

Abstract

This study presents a GIS application to help the analysis of the ground appropriateness to construct the ring road surrounding Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region. A synthetic map was made, through the integration of thematic maps on relief, slope, geology, land use/land cover. The map obtained presents 5 quantitative classes of aptness for the location of this highway, considering two trace alternatives for this highway, presented by DERSA [Sao Paulo State Dept. of Highways]

Keywords

geographic information systems; town and country planning; Brazil; DERSA; GIS techniques; RODOANEL; Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region; Sao Paulo State Department of Highways; Sao Paulo metropolitan ring road; geology; ground appropriateness; highway planning; land cover; land use; relief; slope; synthetic map; thematic maps; Civil engineering; Databases; Environmental economics; Geographic Information Systems; Geology; Implants; Land use planning; Road transportation; Soil; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771622

Filename

771622