Regional Planning

What is the role of small cities in the regional urban network, and what are their specific socio-spatial and morphological dynamics, which are often overlooked in urban studies?

What is the role of medium-sized cities in regional development, and how do they structure the urban networks that organize the flows of people, capital, and information in Rio Grande do Sul?

With the arrival of the pandemic, how could we analyze the dispersion of COVID-19 across a vast territory like Rio Grande do Sul, to inform the public?

How are the territorial division of labor and the regional urban network interrelated? Is it possible to evaluate this based on a region’s main productive chains?

How does the concept of polycentrism apply to different regions of Rio Grande do Sul, and what is its real impact on regional development?