Locational dynamics of establishments and jobs in commercial activities and services in medium-sized Brazilian cities: Presidente Prudente, Marília and São Carlos

• Grant number: 14/03110-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito
• Grantee: Letícia Moreira Sant Anna
• 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

The commercial and service activities are relevant to understanding the new relationships between consumption, urban restructuring and the middle-sized cities restructuring process. Therefore, the restructuring of the Brazilian cities has as one of its many determinations, various elements that redefine their morphologies. Trade activities and services are responsible for absorbing portion of the urban space and, therefore, are responsible for the cities restructuring. Based on the analysis of establishments and employment data, collected from the Annual Report of Social Information (RAIS), provided by the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE ) of the Brazilian Federal Government, or from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) , this research aims to map the dynamics of the locational choices of companies responsible for the consumption in the cities studied in the Thematic Project to which it is associated, including: Presidente Prudente, Marília and São Carlos.