Caracterização socioeconômica dos municípios da região geográfica imediata de bragança paulista e pouso alegre

Abstract

According to the new Regional Division of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the regional cuts are divided within the states, in Intermediate Geographic Regions and Immediate Geographic Regions, the former macro-regions and micro-regions respectively. This work makes an analysis for a clipping of two neighboring Immediate Geographical Regions, which are in different states, the Immediate Geographical Region of Bragança Paulista in the state of São Paulo, and the Immediate Geographical Region of Pouso Alegre, in the state of Minas Gerais. Through a database from the IBGE Census and the UNDP-Brazil, both for the year 2010, multivariate statistical methods such as Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis are used to carry out a characterization work for the 45 municipalities that are in these two regions. The main findings revealed that there are groups of municipalities that have a more open economy (diversified economic base), and a more developed urban-industrial and infrastructure characteristic, while others need greater incentives so that they can diversify their economic base and develop more.