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Policentrismo Funcional: Uma Avaliação dos Municípios Portugueses

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  • Gorreti Nunes

    (FEP (Faculdade de Economia, Fundação da Universidade do Porto); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estatística))

  • Isabel Mota

    (FEP (Faculdade de Economia, Fundação da Universidade do Porto); CEF.UP (Centro de Economia e Finanças da UP))

  • Pedro Campos

    (FEP (Faculdade de Economia, Fundação da Universidade do Porto); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estatística); LIAAD – INESC – Porto (Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Análise de Dados))

Abstract

Este artigo tem como objetivo a avaliação do policentris- mo funcional dos municípios do continente português. Para a concretização deste propósito, desenvolveu-se uma análise crítica dos conceitos de policentrismo e de policentrismo fun- cional, cujos pressupostos orientam grande parte das políti- cas de ordenamento do território, e apresenta-se as principais metodologias para a sua avaliação. Em seguida, procedeu-se à avaliação do policentrismo em Portugal recorrendo à Social Network Analysis e à Cluster Analysis. O estudo efe- tuado considerou as redes de commuting da função “mo- vimentos pendulares casa-trabalho” e os resultados obtidos sugerem que, de 1991 para 2001, o sistema urbano do con- tinente português apresenta uma rede de commuting mais densa, menos centralizada, mais dispersa e mais clusterizada.

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  • Gorreti Nunes & Isabel Mota & Pedro Campos, 2012. "Policentrismo Funcional: Uma Avaliação dos Municípios Portugueses," RPER, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional, issue 29, pages 27-38, March.
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    DOI: 10.59072/rper.vi29.345
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