The consolidation and expansion process of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora Campus: reflections on REUNI and its impacts on the transformations of the campus landscape and its immediate surroundings

Abstract This study aims to analyse how the campus of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) is configured as a structuring agent in the dynamics of the city from the study of the transformations in land use in the limits of the campus and in its immediate surroundings. For this, 5 georeferenced maps were developed and analysed, presenting the physical characteristics of land use both on the campus and in its surroundings. The time frame of this study highlights the changes that occurred since the establishment of the university and the consolidation of the actions of the Federal Program to Support Plans for Restructuring and Expansion of Federal Universities (REUNI) at UFJF. Results indicated that in both areas of analysis there was an intense process of anthropization and modification in the use and occupation of the land over the years, with a considerable increase in the built area at the expense of the loss of vegetation coverage, especially in areas of undergrowth, while the exposed land and forest areas remained relatively stable. The implementation of REUNI, resulted in a significant impact on the profile of the built environment of the campus while, in the surroundings, urbanization was more constant since the creation of the campus in the 1960s.