Analysis of Land Structure Using Data from the Rural Environmental Registry of Montes Claros Municipality-Minas Gerais State

Abstract

The Rural Environmental Registry is a national geo-referenced electronic public registry, which is mandatory for all rural properties. As a geo-referenced database the Registry is an instrument for monitoring rural land structure in which the analysis of its data in a GIS environment can be crossed with data from remote sensing so producing a better understanding of the reality of land use. This work analyzes rural land structure in Montes Claros municipality (Minas Gerais) by undertaking a GIS analysis of the Rural Environmental Registry data crossed with information extracted from satellite images. The results show that the land structure is still shaped by a process of social exclusion.