Development and implementation of research procedures in geography of commerce: delimitation, intensity and specialization of commercial areas: a proposal for the study of central areas in mid-sized cities based on Sporker's research

• Grant number: 13/23953-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito
• Grantee: Felipe César Augusto Silgueiro dos Santos
• 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 different studies in the recent literature, which sometimes also implies in conceptual vagueness. With this project, we plan to apply methodologies proposed by J. A. Sporker and B. Merénne-Schoumaker for delineation, intensity and specialization and commercial areas compare it to the boundaries established by the zoning and 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.