Abstract
This paper unfolds to develop a new theoretical-conceptual reference about urbanization, working with demographic parameters into the extended urbanization theory. We intend to explore how the urban tissue contributes to the rural reconfiguration in the Brazilian Amazon fostering the multiples dimensions of urban phenomenon. Based on demographic indicators that are sensitive to socio-spatial processes, we build a methodological framework to analyze rural landscapes of two areas in the west side of Pará state, in Brazil. The results confirm that propagation of urban vectors tends to intensify the population agglomeration (Gini Index) and the women predominance (Sex Ratio) by mechanisms of spatial differentiation. The existence of a mobility axis, the population settlement regime and the distance from the urban center are the structural elements for creating a mosaic of ruralities immersed in urban contexts. With our findings, we conceived a theoretical-methodological model with an analytical approach unprecedented in the literature on urbanization.
Keywords:
Urban transition; Ruralities; Population distribution; Brazilian Amazon
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* Cumulative proportion of the frequency of the sex ratios calculated for each cell of the regular grid, IBGE. Source: Statistical Grid of the 2010 Demographic Census (
* Cumulative proportion of the frequency of the sex ratios calculated for each cell of the regular grid, IBGE. Source: Statistical Grid of the 2010 Demographic Census (
* The arrows represent the vectors of material and social morphologies propagated in rural and urban spaces, characterized by their strength (the width of the arrow) and reach (color gradient). These two attributes vary according to the regional urban intensity, defined by the urban expressiveness of the reference pole (municipal urban centers). These mechanisms allow us to observe the process of extended urbanization, which constitutes the urban fabric in the spatial plan that encompasses the urban pole and its area of morphological coverage.Source: Produced by the authors.