RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BRAZILIAN URBAN SYSTEM: A RANK-SIZE ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Sylvio Carlos Bandeira de Mello e Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Barbara-Christine Nentwig Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Maina Pirajá Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v8i2.6794

Keywords:

System of cities, Urban hierarchy, Urban imbalances, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this study is to contribute in an integrated way, to understand the recent changes in the organization of the dynamic system of Brazilian cities, prioritizing the rank-size of urban centers. This analysis was made for the period 1991-2010. The rank-size relationship in a system of cities has been studied by constructing a graph with logarithmic scale on both axes. The graph shows an imbalance between the 2nd city and the cities that immediately follow the hierarchy until close to a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants. From there, we can say that there is an almost regular basis, especially for the years 2000 and 2010. The rank-size graph has also been produced for all states, classified into three groups: (i) states with extremely unbalanced urban system, (ii) states with unbalanced urban system, (iii) states with little unbalanced urban system. The analysis allows us to state that the system of cities in Brazil has undergone important changes that express, in the urbanized space, the economic and social changes across the country. Indeed, the growing integration of the Brazilian economy and society has been manifested by the tendency to greater regularity (de-concentration) and diversity in the distribution of cities by rank-size.

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Author Biographies

Sylvio Carlos Bandeira de Mello e Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Barbara-Christine Nentwig Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Doutora em Geografia. Programa de Pós-graduação em Planejamento Territorial e Desenvolvimento Social/UCSAL e Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia/UFBA, pesquisadora do CNPq

Maina Pirajá Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Mestre em Geografia/UFBA

Published

2021-12-18

How to Cite

Bandeira de Mello e Silva, S. C., Nentwig Silva, B.-C., & Pirajá Silva, M. (2021). RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BRAZILIAN URBAN SYSTEM: A RANK-SIZE ANALYSIS. GeoTextos, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v8i2.6794

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