Artigo recebido para revisão em 06/02/2014 e aceito para publicação em 02/03/2014
ResumoEste trabalho visou retratar a evolução do uso e ocupação do solo, a partir da década de 1960, da região de Lavras Novas, distrito de Ouro Preto-MG, estabelecendo, quando possível, as relações de causalidade entre as transformações identificadas com as atividades antrópicas de cada época. Até a década de 1980, as principais modificações identificadas se situaram no entorno da área urbana, relacionadas eminentemente às atividades de uma siderúrgica multinacional e ao extrativismo vegetal. A partir de 1990, as mais evidentes transformações se deram no núcleo urbano, como o abrupto aumento da área edificada, fundamentalmente associadas ao crescimento do turismo e devido ao dinamismo do colar perimetropolitano de Belo Horizonte. Neste sentido, foi feito uma sucinta revisão bibliográfica sobre urbanização e turismo, de modo que este artigo contribui para o esclarecimento de uma das múltiplas faces deste fenômeno que tem assumido uma crescente importância nos últimos tempos.
Palavras-chave:Turismo; Urbanização; Uso e Ocupação do Solo; Lavras Novas.
AbstractThis study aimed to portray the evolution of the land use from 1960 onwards in the region of Lavras Novas, district of Ouro Preto-MG, establishing whenever possible the causal relationship between these land transformations and the human activities of each period. Until the 1980s, the major changes identified were located in the areas surrounding the urban center and were predominantly related to the activities of a multinational metal mill and to the extraction of plants. Since 1990, the most obvious changes occurred in the urban core, like the sharp increase of the built-up area, primarily associated with the tourism growth and the dynamism of the perimetropolitan space of Belo Horizonte. Based on this, a brief review of the literature concerning urbanization and tourism was made, so that this paper contributes to the clarification of one of the multiple facets of this phenomenon that has assumed an increasing importance in recent times.
The ‘Circuito dos Diamantes’, (Diamond Circuit) is a region comprising 15 municipalities located in the Espinhaço mountain Range of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This study presents the results of a spatial analysis carried out with a Geographic Information System (GIS), using data from the georeferenced tourism inventory. The methodological stages of this exploratory research were: bibliographical research and review; standardization of the inventory data in the GIS software; map making; and analysis of tourism services and attractions. The analysis resulted in density maps of tourism attractions and services, in which the main problems identified are outlined here. There is a lack of tourism services in certain areas and a significant concentration of services around the Estrada Real highway and the cities of Diamantina and Serro. The tourism inventory was incomplete for municipalities with less tourism importance, showing a need for further investments in this basic instrument of tourism planning.
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