Identification of Development Poles on Brazilian Amazon Region and Analysis of the Geographic Accessibility

Alex Mota Dos Santos,Daniel De Oliveira Soares,Cristiano Farias Almeida,Carlos Fabricio Assunção Da Silva

doi:10.34069/ai/2020.34.10.9

Abstract

Identification of development poles within the regional planning is important for defining the nodes of a given transport network and plays the role of driving economic growth in a region. Nevertheless, such proceedings are complex, especially in some areas where there is a lack of data that could support studies of this nature, for example in the case of the Amazon region. Thus, this study aims to identify development poles using spatial analysis of production values of soya, coffee, wood, and mineral products like cassiterite, aluminum ore, iron ore and copper. In addition, the geographic accessibility analysis was carried out at these poles in order to identify the potential of the transport network to be structured. Results demonstrated that it is possible to build a dense transport network by identifying more development poles, which would increase the connectivity, allowing more intense exchange of flows and development of the region.

Highlights

Large countries of the world as Brazil comprise under developing regions with great amounts of natural resources available such as the Amazon (Almeida et al, 2014, p. 90)
This study aimed at applying the principles of the spatial analysis tools to assist the regional planning process, concerning the integration of transport, territory and economy
The development poles were identified. These poles was analysed under geographic accessibility approach

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Introduction

Large countries of the world as Brazil comprise under developing regions with great amounts of natural resources available such as the Amazon (Almeida et al, 2014, p. 90). Because the planning process does not account for all territories these countries cannot achieve desirable levels of growth and development Transport planning defines the necessary facilities to ensure the transport of people and goods as the transport systems (ANTP, 1999). Efficient transportation systems offer high levels of accessibility (if the impacts of congestion are excluded), while less-developed ones have lower levels of accessibility Efficient transportation systems offer high levels of accessibility (if the impacts of congestion are excluded), while less-developed ones have lower levels of accessibility (Rodrigue, 2006, p. 322)

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