Geoinformation Technology in the Identification of Best Places for Leisure and Culture in Divinópolis, MG: A Didactic Approach

Abstract

The work applies geoinformation technology as a tool for the analysis of urban dynamics and their particularities in the city of Divinópolis, located in the center-west of the state of Minas Gerais, in order to understand the existing potentialities in the municipality to stimulate the development of the sectors of leisure and culture. For that, it starts with the spatial characterization in the municipal area, followed by the detailing of the urban area, mapping environmental, cultural, historical, economic and social conditions, in order to identify possible needs and points of interest for the development of proposals for urban requalification and revitalization of spaces for public use by the population. It innovates in the work method, as it applies the script: 1) area characterization according to main variables by geoprocessing; 2) collection of citizens’ opinion through voluntary mapping by VGI – Volunteered Geographic Information; 3) integration of variables by Multicriteria Analysis for technical analysis of areas with potentialities (indication) and social vulnerabilities (need); 4) comparison of the results of citizens’ listening with the technical approach of indicating optimal places; 5) decision about the appropriate area and development of urban design proposal. It is, therefore, a methodological contribution to teaching the role of the urbanist architect or geographer as a decoder of the citizens’ will and orchestrator of technical analysis, followed by authorial action in the development of design proposals. Developed within the scope of didactic activities at EA-UFMG, it is a contribution to the training of architect-urban planners or geographers.