The South Coast of São Paulo is structured in two main areas morphostructural: Atlantic Orogenic Belt and Cenozoic Sedimentary Basins. In this area are found various morphologies, that are in the form of trims topographic scarps, valleys carved, organization of major river network, the sharp convex tops in the Atlantic Forest domain extensive plain with the presence of unconsolidated deposits and important environmental systems, such as those related to mangroves. The landscape in which organizes itself in the study area reveals weaknesses in complex systems and suffering from centuries of use pressures, resulting in doomsday scenarios, either by the occurrence of processes related to mass movements or floods, with material and human losses. The objective of this study was the delimitation of geosystems, as natural units, from the analysis of landscapes, in view of the use and occupation of land.
Landscape; Geosystem; Land Use and Occupancy; Geomorphology
