Mobilidade populacional na região costa oeste do Paraná: do campo para a cidade

Abstract

The research "Population Mobility in the West Coast Region of Paraná: from the countryside to the city" has the objective of analyzing the population dynamics in the West Coast region of Paraná, with approach to rural-urban relationship. It is possible to emphasize the importance of Population Geography and the study of demographic censuses, because through them it became possible to evaluate the established population movements, as well as get an overview of the population, its potential and its demands on regional and local scale. For this, one performed a characterization of the region, its processes as the distribution of the population in the territory, its structure by sex and age groups, education levels, rural-urban migration etc., based on the analysis and comparison of socioeconomic indicators provided by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Paraná Institute of Economic and Social Development (Ipardes). It also seeks, through the Agricultural Censuses and field research, to understand the rural-urban relationship, as well as the influence that the countryside exerts on city and the city on the countryside, in the study area. It was noted, in conclusion, that city and country are inextricably linked in the West Coast region of Paraná, especially in the small municipalities analyzed