Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in large metropolises and increasingly common in medium and large cities. Several studies have analyzed the negative effects of congestion in terms of economic productivity loss, increased environmental pollution, and negative health consequences....

The population's access to public health services contribute to reducing disease prevalence and raising life expectancy. In Brazil, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) is guided by the principles of universality and integrality of care to all health needs. Despite the advances of the SUS, it...

One of the main goals of transportation policies is to improve the people's access to employment opportunities, public services, and amenities. For this reason, an increasing number of transportation and funding agencies have sought to incorporate accessibility studies in the planning and...

This study introduces a new measure of urban centrality. It identifies distinct urban tructures from different spatial patterns of jobs and resident population. The roposed urban centrality index constitutes an extension of the spatial separation index MIDELFART-KNARVIK et al., 2000). It is...

This study introduces a new measure of urban centrality. It identifies distinct urban structures from different spatial patterns of jobs and resident population. The proposed urban centrality index constitutes an extension of the spatial separation index (MIDELFART-KNARVIK et al., 2000). It is...

This study analyzes trends in average commute times in Brazil between 1992 and 2009. It distinguishes between the nine largest metropolitan areas plus the Federal District of Brasília and describes how differences among these areas vary according to income levels and gender. This paper is based...

Este texto mapeia a disponibilidade, nas mesorregiões brasileiras, de pessoas com nível superior em áreas selecionadas de ciência, tecnologia, engenharia e matemática (CTEM). Para tanto, utiliza dados dos censos populacionais de 2000 e de 2010 do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e...

Desde a Constituição Federal de 1988 (CF/1988) os governos estaduais assumiram a atribuição de instituir suas próprias regiões metropolitanas (RMs). Em geral, há pouca informação acerca dos critérios utilizados para justificar a delimitação dos municípios pertencentes ao perímetro...

This study introduces a new measure of urban centrality. It identifies distinct urban structures from different spatial patterns of jobs and resident population. The proposed urban centrality index constitutes an extension of the spatial separation index (MIDELFART-KNARVIK et al., 2000). It is...

This study analyzes trends in average commute times in Brazil between 1992 and 2009. It distinguishes between the nine largest metropolitan areas plus the Federal District of Brasília and describes how differences among these areas vary according to income levels and gender. This paper is based...