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This work aims to analyze some elements responsible for the urban expansion of the city of São José/SC. Among them, the most important and genesis of urbanization, was the relationship with the political-administrative capital of the State of Santa Catarina. This fact triggered a process of metropolization from the 1980s onwards. Covering metropolization means understanding some determinants of the internal dynamics of the municipality, as well as the role of this municipality within the Metropolitan Region of Florianópolis - MRF. Based on the understanding that the municipality went through two distinct moments in its urban expansion, initially being a dormitory city and later building centralities and sub-centralities that consolidated São José as largely urbanized and vertical. Factors that refer to dynamic and broad spatial interactions and that interfere in the patterns of mobility and urban accessibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evapotranspiration (ET) has great relevance in the air temperature and contributes to the climate balance in urban areas. In this context, this study aimed to estimate evapotranspiration in the city of Recife-PE in order to analyze the intraurban differences in the various types of roofing. Six digital images of the TM - Landsat 5 sensor regarding orbit 214 and points 65, 66 were used. The density of sensible heat and latent heat fluxes were calculated based on SEBAL algorithm. The evapotranspiration results were consistent when compared with values obtained by the method of FAO-Penman-Monteith, with absolute error between 0.18 and 1.23 mm d-1, minimum and maximum, respectively, and average of 0.86 mm d-1. The highest evapotranspiration rates were found in protection units and water bodies between 5.0 and 6.0 mm d-1, approximately, while in surfaces with intense constructive densification, values close to 1.0 mm d-1 were found. The methodology used consistently represented the various types of roofing and can promote a significant advance in the monitoring of the urban climate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]