Projects

How is the rapid urbanization in the North Coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, strongly driven by tourism, transforming the landscape and pressuring sensitive ecosystems?

How can we define guidelines for priority occupation of municipalities after the 2024 floods — in a safe, fast, and low-budget manner?

How can socio-spatial fragmentation be measured and analyzed over 50 years, connecting it to public policies and impacts on the landscape?

Following the 2024 floods, how could we, as a scientific community, provide urgent technical diagnoses and recommendations to support the recovery of small municipalities in inland Rio Grande do Sul?

How do the location and characteristics of gated communities reveal and reinforce patterns concerning the urban morphology of Porto Alegre?

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?