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Population Growth and Urbanization in the Brazilian Cerrado

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The aim of this chapter is to discuss population and urbanization growth in the Brazilian Cerrado. The chapter begins with a brief overview of the role that cities and urban networks play in the development process, which is then applied to the analysis of the Brazilian case. It pays particular attention to the effects of the growth process in the Cerrado, analyzing population growth, migration and the urbanization network in the region. It also proposes a typology for understanding the region’s uneven urbanization and growth, articulating how economic development and incorporation occurred within a particular agricultural model (the ‘Green Revolution’), along with different population patterns.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Production of beef that is salted and dried in the sun was common during the second half of the 19th century. Preparing the meat this way allowed it to last longer.

  2. 2.

    The term ‘central countries’ here is used mainly based on the center-periphery thesis proposed by Prebisch (1950), Singer (1950). The hypothesis is that the core capitalist countries concentrate on industrial and technological innovation processes, while periphery countries specialize in producing and exporting commodities (see Toye and Toye 2003). The theory has been adapted to fit different regional scales within countries or regions (Pike et al. 2016). There are many works that still demonstrate the validity of the hypothesis (see Ocampo and Parra 2010, among others). The work of Prebisch (1950) marks the origins of ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean) and of the Latin Americas Structuralism School of Economic Thought (Love 2005).

  3. 3.

    This process is linked to the so-called Green Revolution as formulated originally by Hayami and Ruttan (1971).

  4. 4.

    For a more detailed analysis of the process see Diniz (2006), Alves and Contini (1992), França (1984), Palhano (1982), Goodman (1978).

  5. 5.

    Net migration was calculated using microdata from the 2010 Census. An array of 5565 × 5565 was built, from which it was possible to obtain a person’s residence municipality on July 31, 2005 and on July 31, 2010. As a result, the data shows only migrants on a fixed date; in other words, migrants who had been living in another municipality five years ago. People who migrated between 2005 and 2010 are not shown.

  6. 6.

    For a comparison between public agriculture researchers see Bin et al. (2013).

  7. 7.

    See, for example, Müller (1982), Delgado (1985), Kageyama et al. (1990).

  8. 8.

    See Diniz (2006) for a more details on those programs. See Osada (1999) and Ministério da Agricultura Pecuária e Abastecimento, Brasil (2004) for a detailed analysis of PRODECER.

  9. 9.

    Difference between birth and death rates.

  10. 10.

    Only areas in the Cerrado region have been considered.

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Campolina, B. (2019). Population Growth and Urbanization in the Brazilian Cerrado. In: Hosono, A., Hamaguchi, N., Bojanic, A. (eds) Innovation with Spatial Impact: Sustainable Development of the Brazilian Cerrado. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6182-1_6

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