Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771622
