ZONING PLAN FOR LAND USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE KARST REGION IN CURITIBA

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Type

Water utilities

Local

Brazil

State

Finished

Year

2002

Client

COMEC – Coordenação da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba

ZONING PLAN FOR LAND USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE KARST REGION IN CURITIBA

The main objectives of the plan were to develop a disciplinary planning of land use and occupation in the Karst region, taking into account the forms of occupation, the existing legal instruments, the use of water for public supply and the establishment of environmental management instruments to be applied.

Services provided included:
   • Spatial Planning Analysis:
          - Areas of interest for drinking water public supply; Analysis of the level of information available; Need for data generation; Analysis of the natural vocations of the area; Analysis of the complexity of the legal framework; Preliminary analysis of existing conflicts.
   • Data Generation:
          - Speleological heritage; Hydroclimatology; Piezometry; Mining activities; Aquifer recharge zones; Current and future demand for water resources.
  • Cartography:
          - Land use and occupation and vectors; Location of urban equipment; Regional road system; Hydrography and water abstraction; Urban and rural population density; Agricultural suitability of land; Geomorphological compartmentalisation; Geology; Conflict location; Local economic production; Non-consolidated materials; Aquifer recharge zones and points; Speleological heritage; Slopes; Hydrogeology; Suitability for land use and occupation; Karst area of interest for public supply; Economic and social growth guidelines and emergency actions.
   • Zoning for land use and occupation:
          - Karst areas for supply purposes; Projection of future scenarios; Macro guidelines for economic growth and social development; Conservation and/or preservation units; Legal and institutional pathway; Emergency actions to resolve conflicts.