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Title: Eurostate Methodology Applied to the Characterization of Rural and Urban Brazilian Spaces
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/bog-2018-0036
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Abstract: The Brazilian official statistics show that the country is mainly urban, while authors including Veiga (2002) and Miranda and Silva (2013) present a more rural Brazil. The absence of a uniform way to define the rural areas in Bra-zil has led to diffused data about rural Brazil's size. Therefore, are Brazilian regions predominantly urban, rural or intermediate? This paper applies the rural definition methodologies from Eurostat/European Union to the municipalities of Brazil. The results show the predominance of the intermediary category in Brazilian territory, while the population mostly lives in urban areas. However, due to methodological characteristics, this paper reinforces the necessity of developing other methodologies which would be able to identify rurality and urbanity, considering socioeconomic dimensions.
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Authors: Braga, Gustavo Bastos; De Carvalho Fiúza, Ana Louise; Remoaldo, Paula Cristina
Periodical (Full): Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
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Volume: 42
Pages: 151-162
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other
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