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Eurostat methodology applied to the characterization of rural and urban Brazilian spaces

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  • Braga Gustavo Bastos
  • de Carvalho Fiúza Ana Louise

    (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Economia Rural, Avenida Purdue, s/nº, Campus Universitário, Edifício Edson Potsch Magalhães, 36570.900 – Viçosa – MG – BR, Minas Gerais, Brasil phone: +55 31 3899 1324, phone: +55 31 3899 1689)

  • Remoaldo Paula Cristina

    (Universidade do Minho, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Geografia, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal phone: +35 12 5351 0560/+35 12 5351 7563)

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 Brazil 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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  • Braga Gustavo Bastos & de Carvalho Fiúza Ana Louise & Remoaldo Paula Cristina, 2018. "Eurostat methodology applied to the characterization of rural and urban Brazilian spaces," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 42(42), pages 151-162, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:buogeo:v:42:y:2018:i:42:p:151-162:n:9
    DOI: 10.2478/bog-2018-0036
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