Open AccessSpatial Microsimulation Combined with Skater Regionalization Methods: A Study for the Paraíba Valley and North Coast Metropolitan Region Subregion 4 in the São Paulo State
Author(s) -
Gabriela C. Oliveira,
Tathiane Mayumi Anazawa,
Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rbc. revista brasileira de cartografia/revista brasileira de cartografia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1808-0936
pISSN - 0560-4613
DOI - 10.14393/rbcv72n4-53160
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , geography , microdata (statistics) , census , regional science , homogeneous , microsimulation , cartography , population , economic geography , demography , transport engineering , sociology , archaeology , engineering , mathematics , combinatorics
This study analyzes the socio-occupational distribution in the Paraíba Valley and North Coast Metropolitan Region (in Portuguese: Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte – RMVPLN) Subregion 4 using spatial microsimulation techniques. To fulfill the proposed objective, the Iterative Proportional Fitting (IPF) technique was used to obtain spatial microdata in the territorial census tracts unit through the 2010 Brazilian Demographic Census. After the Skater regionalization technique was applied, eight homogeneous socio-occupational groups were found. Overall, the proposed socio-occupational categories, studied at an intra-urban scale, allowed for highlighting the social structure on a subregion of the newest Metropolitan space in the São Paulo state. Although this is a preliminary study, it is already capable to identify inequalities degrees that consistently spatially segregate and the less privileged population socioeconomic groups.