Development and implementation of research procedures in trade geography: delimitation, intensity and specialization of commercial areas

• Grant number: 13/23967-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito
• Grantee: Mariana Cristina da Silva Gomes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/20155-3 - Socio-economic cohesion and contemporary spatial practices: cities of medium size and consumption, AP.TEM

Abstract

Investigation procedures for delineation of areas for commercial and retail definition of centrality exerted by these areas is an important field of study for sliding on two fronts complementary, but not necessarily communicate the urban planning and management and academic studies. This field of study is also critical, because there is little comparison if we take different studies in the recent literature, which sometimes also implies in conceptual vagueness. With this project, we plan to apply the methodology developed in Whitaker (2003) for the delineation of core areas and understanding of the centrality and compare it to boundaries established by zoning and the master plans. With this, we will also have an empirical basis for developing analysis on the restructuring of the city and identification of complex and polycentric urban structures.