The influence of slope on the identification of urban centralities: a case study in the municipality of Barra do Piraí, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Caio Flávio Martinez Fontoura Júnior,
Edmur Azevedo Pugliesi,
Vilma Mayumi Tachibana
Abstract:This work considers the terrain slope factor as well as census dataset with variables related to socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, sanitation, water supply, garbage collection, and electricity in identifying centralities, or new urban centers in the municipality of Barra do Piraí, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a case study. The morphological approach was used with a Principal Components analysis and spatial analysis involving Global Moran Index, Local Indicator of Spatial Asso… Show more
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