FIELD-CITY AND POPULATION IN THE MICRO-REGION OF THE VARGINHA - MINAS GERAIS

• Main Authors: Lucas Manoel, Flamarion Dutra
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia (PPGEO) 2018-12-01
• Series: GeoNordeste
• Subjects: Small City; Middle Town; Regional Analysis; Rurality
• Online Access: https://seer.ufs.br/index.php/geonordeste/article/view/9711/pdf

This article discusses the importance of the field-city relationship in the population dynamics, focusing on the Microregion of Varginha, Southern Minas Gerais. The definition of urban space in Brazil is very simplistic, as it is restricted to material elements linked to infrastructure, as well as giving municipal administrations the power to delimit what will be urban space and rural space. In this sense, the study aims to verify the local rurality from the socio-spatial context. To do so, we used data and information surveys of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics on population, demographic density, economically active population, and data on regional agricultural production. It- was evidenced that of 10, of the 16 municipalities of the Varginha Microregion, they have a population of less than 20 thousand inhabitants with a strong connection to farming activities, and 14 have a population density lower than the urban OECD standards.