Population dynamic and socio-spatial transformations: an analysis from the Taquari Valley region/RS

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the population dynamics and socio-spatial transformations that occurred in the Vale do Taquari/RS, based on rural-urban and intra-regional mobility. For that, there were analyzed the data of population, of the Gross Added Value, and there were performed the cartographic analysis of the region. Among the main features verified in the region, there are: the passage of an essentially rural area to an urban area, in relation to population distribution as well as to its economic activities; a more accelerated aging process than in the RS state; a productive diversification, with the predominance of the service sector in most of the towns; the urban concentration of the population and wealth generation around the hub town Lajeado; and the link of the region with the Metropolitan Area of the city of Porto Alegre.