Considerations about the urban expansion of parana's municipalities located in the stretch of BR-369 Highway

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the evolution of the urban spots where the federal highway BR-369 permeates. We used satellite images into three periods selected from data available in the DNIT which refer to the highway improvement works. It was found that in places where the highway has the best conditions (in the region of Londrina, Campo Mourao and Cascavel) municipalities polarizers have been conducting the development of the urban sprawl of their neighbors toward them. In the case of Londrina, which gave rise to a process of conurbation between two adjacent municipalities (Ibiporã and Cambé) and can say that in the near future, this may extend to municipalities with the farther from Rolândia, Apucarana and Arapongas. Incipient, the municipalities of Campo Mourao, Cascavel goes for a similar scenario. It is expected from these considerations, cause reflections on the importance of implementing guidelines for urban and regional planning in order to contain urban sprawl driven by highways.