Neste artigo abordamos um indicador de sustentabilidade ambiental, a Pegada Ecológica, apresentamos resumidamente seu método, destacando os resultados obtidos para o Rio de Janeiro com a aplicação do método. De acordo com a definição apresentada por Wackernagel e Rees, o “ecological...

The agricultural frontier expanded through the Brazilian Cerrado, mainly due to the intensive use of knowledge and technology. Livestock production growth is shown in the regions of the Midwest, Matopiba (in the northeastern Cerrado) and Amazon border. It aims to present a diagnosis of this...

The agricultural frontier expanded through the Brazilian Cerrado, mainly due to the intensive use of knowledge and technology. Livestock production growth is shown in the regions of the Midwest, Matopiba (in the northeastern Cerrado) and Amazon border. It aims to present a diagnosis of this...

Incorporate the environmental dimension to the economic analysis and the decision-making of all stakeholders is important to analyse the expansion of agricultural frontier in Brazil. Demand for natural resources and land follows the growth of the economy. In Brazil, the occupation of new areas...

Incorporate the environmental dimension to the economic analysis and the decision-making of all stakeholders is important to analyse the expansion of agricultural frontier in Brazil. Demand for natural resources and land follows the growth of the economy. In Brazil, the occupation of new areas...

The interaction between the sea and the economy gives this environment enormous strategic importance. The forms of economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and shipbuilding. For Brazil, country with an extensive...

The interaction between the sea and the economy gives this environment enormous strategic importance. The forms of economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and shipbuilding. For Brazil, country with an extensive...

This paper discusses the applicability of Prebisch’s centre-periphery model in the current debate about sustainable development. Instead of the traditional analysis of the development process based on changes in the output composition, emphasising the duality between raw materials and...