https://carolinafaccin.github.io/categories/regional-development/Recent content in Regional Development on Carolina FaccinHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Carolina FaccinSat, 15 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/territorial-management-role-of-medium-sized-cities/Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/territorial-management-role-of-medium-sized-cities/How medium-sized cities like Santa Maria, Santa Cruz do Sul and Lajeado concentrate public and corporate management functions, and what that means for the regions that depend on them.https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/mikripoli/Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/mikripoli/Typologies, half a century of urban network change and comparative morphology studies of the small cities that make up most of Rio Grande do Sul’s urban network, yet are often overlooked.https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/dispersion-of-covid-19/Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/dispersion-of-covid-19/A PostGIS database and maps tracking how Covid-19 spread across Rio Grande do Sul’s 497 municipalities, following commuting corridors, meatpacking plants and the urban network.https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/polycentrism-and-regional-development/Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/polycentrism-and-regional-development/A long-term research program that used commuting flows and urban hierarchy data to identify functional urban areas around medium-sized cities in four regions of Rio Grande do Sul.https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/territorial-division-of-labor-and-urban-network/Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://carolinafaccin.github.io/projects/territorial-division-of-labor-and-urban-network/My master’s research: mapping firms, jobs and export flows of the tobacco and poultry chains to show how global supply chains shape the urban network of two neighboring regions.