@Article{GameiroNasFacSfrOme:2022:MuSpAn,
               author = "Gameiro, Samuel and Nascimento, Victor and Facco, Douglas and 
                         Sfredo, Giuliana and Ometto, Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)} and 
                         {Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)} and 
                         {Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)} and 
                         {Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Multitemporal Spatial Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes 
                         in the Lower Jaguaribe Hydrographic Sub-Basin, Cear{\'a}, 
                         Northeast Brazil",
              journal = "Land",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "11",
               number = "1",
                pages = "e103",
                month = "Jan.",
             keywords = "Aquaculture, Caatinga, NDVI.",
             abstract = "Aquaculture is currently one of the fastest growing food 
                         production systems globally, and shrimp is considered one of the 
                         most highly valued products. Our study area is the lower Jaguaribe 
                         River sub-basin (LJRSB), located in the northeastern part of 
                         Cear{\'a} in Brazil. The aquaculture activity in this area began 
                         in the early 1990s and is currently one of the largest shrimp 
                         producers in Brazil. This study generated a spatial-temporal 
                         analysis of vegetation index and land use and land cover (LULC) 
                         using remote sensing images from Landsat satellites processed 
                         using geographic information systems (GIS). The findings showed an 
                         increase in the water bodies class where shrimp farms are found. 
                         In addition, to help us discuss the results, data from the Global 
                         Surface Water Explorer was also used to understand this change 
                         throughout intra and interannual water variability. Besides shrimp 
                         farms intensification, agricultural areas in the LJRSB also 
                         increased, mainly in the irrigated perimeter lands (IPLs), causing 
                         a loss in the Caatinga native vegetation. In summary, over recent 
                         years, significant changes have been noticeable in the LJRSB 
                         coastal region, caused by an increase in shrimp farms mainly 
                         located on the Jaguaribe River margins, destroying the native 
                         riparian forest.",
                  doi = "10.3390/land11010103",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11010103",
                 issn = "2073-445X",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "land-11-00103.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "29 jun. 2024"
}