Análise espacial do nível de desenvolvimento dos municípiosdo estado do Paraná

The aim of this study is to present development indicators for the state of Paraná municipalities in 2000 and 2010, and to verify the relationship between development and education. Three indicators were used, the Human Development Index (HDI), the FIRJAN index of municipal development and IPARDES index of development of municipalities. This paper used the Exploratory Analysis Spatial Data (ESDA) methodology. The results indicate positive spatial relationship between the analyzed indicators, in this way, municipalities with high development index were surrounded by municipalities in the same situation. The high-high spatial regime appears predominantly in the North and West mesoregions, and the cluster low-low was observed in mesoregions South Central, Eastern and the metropolitan region of Curitiba. With multivariate analysis it was possible to find positive relationship between development and education, spatial associations high-high were observed in the North and West mesoregions, the low-low spatial regime appears focused on mesoregion South Central, Eastern and the metropolitan region of Curitiba. The study concludes that during the period analyzed the spatial groups with high and low development are concentrated in the same localities, the municipalities with high development index are surrounded by neighbors in the same situation and these locations have better levels of education