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The objective of this study is to analyze the demographic characteristics of the State of Acre. In methodological terms, this work is characterized by being exploratory and descriptive, with a qualitative approach. The main results point to a growth of the Acre population between 2000 and 2010, but that most of its municipalities still have less than 50,000 inhabitants. In relation to the comparison between the urban and rural population, it was noticed that the largest percentage resides in the urban area, but concentrating on the capital Rio Branco, since many municipalities still have their largest population contingent in rural areas. Comparing the male and female sexes, it was observed that the female presence is greater in the urban environment and men are more present in the rural environment. By creating the age pyramid of the State of Acre, it was possible to visualize a tendency of shortening of its base and elongation of its surroundings, emerging a window of opportunities. However, this characteristic of the Acre age pyramid is late compared to Brazil as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To develop a territory on a more sustainable way it is necessary to overcome some big challenges in the environmental, cultural, economic, and specially political-institutional contexts. Based on that, it becomes important to know and interpret the territorial management under the perspective of the territorial development as well as its resources and actors. This study aims to present some views about territorial government at the Coast of Paraná whose environmental and social- economic history is significantly heterogeneous. The research is essentially analytical- descriptive, exploratory, and quali-quantitative-based that has data collected by means of interviews with local actors. It was verified that the Coast of Paraná concentrates a diversity of experiences and obstacles to achieve a territorial development considering that its space and population are unequally distributed and the demographic density and expected growth are higher in the coastal municipalities of Guaratuba, Matinhos, and Pontal do Paraná than in the municipalities of Guaraqueçaba and Morretes, which have higher rural population in comparison to the urban one. It is concluded that it is fundamental to discuss the organisation and policies directly linked to the Coast of Paraná respecting its local differences and taking into account that the territorial governance comes from active citizens and groups in their regional institutions and organisations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the differences and determinants of intergenerational income mobility between rural and urban areas in the state of Ceará in the period between the years 1996 and 2009. At first inferred the dynamics of income mobility through Markov probability matrices, considering the extremes of the income strata above and below, where individuals are placed higher and lower levels of income respectively. According to the matrix, the chances of a child of a poor parent residing in rural Ceará achieve top quartile of income were lower in 1996 compared to 2009, suggesting an expansion of the degree of mobility in rural space temporal analysis. While there is this positive point, individuals living in urban areas still have a smoother move into the higher income quartiles. Having said that, in general, the analysis of income mobility index indicates significant divergence of income mobility between the State of Ceará, Brazil and the Northeast. Furthermore, the model results suggest a strong parametric change the attributes of the children and parents about the dynamics of income. Moreover, the fact that the individual is located in urban areas becomes irrelevant compared to those living in rural areas, indicating an improvement in intergenerational mobility in the latter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concepts of rural and urban are used to distinguish two different ways of spatial seizure and organization as well as the social relationships which take place therein. From the viewpoint of Sociology these concepts lead to classical themes such as modern and traditional dichotomy and to country-city relationships. This paper analyzes how these two spatial ways are delimited in Brazil and examines the criteria that should be used in order to classify a locality as either rural or urban. Starting from a critique of the statistical and administrative classifications, we seek to establish a typology that takes into consideration the social processes that determine the territorial dynamics of Brazilian municipalities. The paper therefore strives to establish a relationship between the theoretical definitions as well as empirical territorial construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]