“…At the international level, previous reports have already evaluated the effectiveness of applying remote sensing imagery for urban planning (NETZBAND; STEFANOV; REDMAN, 2007;WENG;QUATTROCHI, 2018). According to Almeida (2010), urban studies in Brazilian cities have used remote sensing data mainly in the following areas: (a) land use and land cover mapping (ALVES et al, 2009;DA COSTA et al, 2008;DE PINHO et al, 2012;KUX et al, 2011;NOVACK;FONSECA, 2009;UMMUS;NOVACK, 2011;RIBEIRO, 2019); (b) determination of housing quality and housing sectorization (DENALDI et al, 2018;FEITOSA et al, 2021;FIDELIS-MEDEIROS;GRIGIO, 2019;OLIVEIRA;MANSO;BARROS, 1978;DE JESUS, 2019); (c) socio-economic studies in population (BOGGIONE; SILVA; SILVA, 2019; MARINO JUNIOR, 2006); (d) inferences about the population and its distribution (AMARAL et al, 2005;ANAZAWA et al, 2020;CAMPOS et al, 2020;DÓRIA;MONTEIRO, 2016;GONÇALVES et al, 2006); (e) urban transport planning and management (MACHADO et al, 2014;MACHADO;DE ALBUQUERQUE NÓBREGA;QUINTANILHA, 2010;SOARES MACHADO;QUINTANILHA, 2019); (f) urban growth monitoring (ALMEIDA et al, 2005;ESPINDOLA;FAÇANHA, 2017;SPERANDELLI;DUPAS;…”