Resumo:
Floodings are natural events, that have its effect increased for the human
action. The ocurrence with this type of critical event demands some measures,
to diminish the human and economic losses. One of these measures is the
mapping of subject to flooding areas. From the description of the full ones, the
altimetric survey and the system of draining (formed for the rivers that cross the
city) of Itajubá - MG - it was possible to the generation of spots of flooding for
some periods of return for this city, through program SPRING. Step by step was
elaboration of floodplain was construction. A spot for the critical event occurred
in January of 2000 was generated, to verify the validity of the SPRING, being
that the results had been satisfactory.
