%0 Conference Proceedings
%4 dpi.inpe.br/sbsr@80/2006/11.09.10.50
%2 dpi.inpe.br/sbsr@80/2006/11.09.10.50.04
%@isbn 978-85-17-00031-7
%T O uso do monitoramento espaço-temporal da expansão urbana no diagnóstico de áreas passíveis de risco epidemiológico peçonhento em Guarulhos - Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
%D 2007
%A Sobreiro-Gonçalves, Erick,
%A Salomão, Maria da Graça,
%A Almeida-Santos, Selma Maria de,
%@affiliation Faculdades Integradas Teresa D'Ávila (FATEA). Instituto Butantan.
%@affiliation Instituto Pau Brasil de História Natural. Instituto Butantan.
%@affiliation Instituto Butantan
%@electronicmailaddress erick_sobreiro@dglnet.com.br
%@electronicmailaddress mgsalomao@butantan.gov.br
%@electronicmailaddress almeidasantos@butantan.gov.br
%E Epiphanio, José Carlos Neves,
%E Galvão, Lênio Soares,
%E Fonseca, Leila Maria Garcia,
%B Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto, 13 (SBSR).
%C Florianópolis
%8 21-26 abr. 2007
%I Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%J São José dos Campos
%P 3171-3178
%S Anais
%1 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%K Remote Sensing, GIS, Landsat, venomous animal bites, epidemiology.
%X This paper reports for the first time the strategy of using remote sensing associated to GIS technologies in the analysis of areas where epidemiological risks caused by venomous animals occur, in Guarulhos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Satellites images of the Landsat series in two distinct periods of time (1975 and 2000) were used, to provide the comparative mapping of the surface elements. Georeferenced database containing the distribution of the cases of venomous animal bites in every district of the city of Guarulhos were then combined. Critical regions of their incidence corresponded to those where deforestation has given place to urban areas, as it is the case of the districts Cabuçu and Bonsucesso. Most of the bites were caused by spiders (41%) followed by scorpions (37%). Such observations allowed us to identify the recent (25 years) retraction of natural forested areas (49%), one of the possible reasons of the geographic distribution expansion of those venomous animals, closely related with human activity patterns in open areas near natural water sources. Thus, environmental educational work should be started in these regions in order to avoid the meeting with such animals, to diminish the risk of human bites, and consequently, the use of antivenom and its side effects, as well as to diminish governamental expenses on National Security to support patients, most of them in work age.
%9 Planejamento Urbano e Regional
%@language pt
%3 3171-3178.pdf