https://www.possantti.net/tags/expansion/Recent content in Expansion on Iporã Possantti, PhDHugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbMon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.possantti.net/projects/gramado-expansion/Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.possantti.net/projects/gramado-expansion/<header class="project-header"> <strong class="project-motivation"> How do you define environmental boundaries for urban expansion on a plateau with sensitive wetlands and a conservation unit? </strong> <p class="project-abstract"> Environmental characterization for Gramado&#39;s planned urban expansion to the north, conducted through the NTU at UFRGS. I provided land use assessment, topographic analysis, drainage mapping using high-resolution DEM (~1 m), and a hydrologically-grounded proposal for the buffer zone of a conservation unit, arguing that catchment boundaries, not arbitrary distances, should define the protection area. </p>