Identification of Polycentric Structures in Rio De Janeiro With Flow Data From the Metro System

Abstract

The development of the urbanisation process highlights the decentralisation phenomenon experienced markedly by metropolitan areas. Within its metropolitan area, Rio de Janeiro's central area, has been, historically, the most established region, and it has also had the highest share of jobs. Nevertheless, it shares its lead with another development centres. Despite that, regional urban planning has devoted little attention to the emerging subcentres, creating a mismatch that results in unnecessary trips, high average travel times, and high occupancy rates within vehicles. Also, an incorrect match PALAVRAS-CHAVE: centralidades, desenho de rede, Rio de Janeiro.

Transportation oriented to urban development

“…However, since the 1980s, the deconcentration or decentralization of the population and economic activities has drawn the attention of researchers (Fernandez--Maldonado et al, 2014;Lobo et al, 2015). Some have explored and investigated polycentric structures through a functional reading, seeking to identify processes of decentralization or deconcentration based on the pattern of displacements (e.g., Veneri, 2013;Burger and Meijers, 2012;Lobo et al, 2015;Mello et al, 2016;Geaquinto, Paiva Neto and Orrico Filho, 2018). Others adopt a morphological approach, seeking to identify the same patterns based on the concentration of jobs or people in space (e.g., Fernandez--Maldonado et al, 2014;Brezzi and Veneri, 2015;Alidadi and Dadashpoor, 2017).…”