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Publications
Territory Organization, Natural Resources and Environment
Territory Organization
Organização do espaço na faixa da Tranzamazônica
(Space organization around the Trans-Amazon highway)
Orlando Valverde (Coordinator)
1979-1989. 2 vol. : Ill., maps.
ISBN 85-240-0308-1 (set)
Two-volume publication analyzing the physical and biotic features around the Trans-Amazon highway, the migration thrust, colonization and human settlement projects, land, agriculture and Indian issues and so on.
It includes bibliography, illustrations and maps. This publication is the result of an agreement between IBGE and the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform-INCRA.
Brazil : spatial organization
Bertha Becker, Pedro Pinchas Geiger and Speridião Faissol (Editors)
626 p. : Ill., maps.
Various studies dealing with the Brazilian space organization process, its dimension and factors influencing its formation, including topics such as industrialization in Brazil, the social question and the space, and spatial policy and planning in Brazil. It includes tables with statistical data, maps and graphs.
These studies have been presented at the Tokyo 24th International Geography Congress, in 1980.
Áreas mínimas de comparação a nível municipal : 1980, 1970, 1960
(Smallest areas for comparison at municipal level : 1980, 1970, 1960)
1984. 148 p.
Contains the inventory of municipalities in 1980, by federative unit, with illustrative references identifying the politico-administrative reorganization that took place between 1960 and 1980.
Mapa etno-histórico de Curt Nimuendaju
(Curt Nimuendaju ethno-historical map)
1987. 94 p. : Map.
ISBN 85-240-0001-5
Reproduction of the ethno-historical map drawn in 1944 for the Brazilian National Museum by German
ethnologist Curt Nimuendaju. It includes explanatory texts and indexes of Indian tribes, bibliography and authors.This publication has been made in collaboration with Pro-Memory National Foundation.
Regiões de influênciancia das cidades
(Regions under city influence)
Roberto Lobato Azevedo Corrêa (Coordinator)
1987. 212 p. : Maps.
ISBN 85-240-0166-6
This study describes the whole of urban centers in their hierarchy as central localities and their areas of influence, presenting the new setup of the Brazilian urban network. It explains the central localities theoretical model and the study's methodology. It includes maps showing 11 regional metropolises and the areas under the influence of each one of them.
Geografia do Brasil
(Geography of Brazil)
3rd ed. 1988-1991 . 3 vol. : Ill., maps.
ISBN 85-240-0276-X (set)
This work presents thematic studies of Brazilian major regions, including physical, human, social and economic features. It highlights the changes occurred in those regions and the potentiality of those spaces, as well as their insertion in the national environment. It contributes to a better understanding of the country's regional organization. The volumes for North, Central West and South regions have been published.
Goiás e Tocantins : Informações básicas
(Goias and Tocantins : basic informations)
1989. 84 p. : Ill., maps.
ISBN 85-240-0292-1
Data on geographic features, population and agriculture, manufacturing, trade and services industries in the states of Goiás and Tocantins, presented in texts, tables, graphs and maps. This information has been compiled fromsurveys carried out by IBGE in Goiás, before the state had been divided into two parts, its northern region having since become the state of Tocantins.
Divisão do Brasil em mesorregiões e microrregiões geográficas
(Division of Brazil into geographic mesoregions and microregions)
1990- . 2 vol.
ISBN 85-240-0399-5 (set)
Presenting the relationship between the geographic meso and microregions that form Brazil regional
division, the publication includes texts describing mesoregions' regional identity and microregions' special features, as well as maps showing their limits in each federative unit. It contains methodological notes and tables comparing the former regional division and the present one. Volume 1, Brazil, and two tomes of volume 2, North and Northeast Regions, have been published.
Nossa América : geopolítica comparada
(Our America : comparative geopolitics)
Therezinha de Castro
1992. 304 p. : Ill., maps.
ISBN 85-240-0449-5
A study of the past and present historical and geopolitical evolution of America. It highlights the American continent as a geographic whole, with various political landscapes resulting from the historical dispersion: historical nuclei and geopolitical clusters. Maps and documents illustrate the author's comparisons.
O espaço, território, sociedade e desenvolvimento brasileiro
(Space, territory, society and Brazilian development)
Speridião Faissol
1994. 308 p.
ISBN 85-240-0422-3
Collection of articles discussing issues related to economic, social, regional, urban and territorial development. The articles, some of them unpublished and other ones revised, are divided into five groups dealing with the following subjects: Philosophical, ideological, conceptual and methodological issues; economic development; spatial issues; environmental issues, quality of life and poverty, specially urban poverty; urban and territorial issues.
It presents some suggestions towards an integrated policy for regional, urban and environmental development.
Brasil : uma visão geográfica nos anos 80
(Brazil : A geographic vision in the eighties)
Solange Tietzmann Silva (Coordinator)
1995. 354 p. : Ill., maps.
ISBN 85-240-0273-5
A description of urban and rural Brazil during the eighties, focusing on issues related to socioeconomic dynamics, such as urbanization, agricultural and manufacturing industry sectors production, services infrastructure and so on. It also studies Brazilian population growth during the seventies, relationship between environment and urban/rural space, and the major features in structuring the national territory.
Síntese da documentação histórico-administrativa e geográfica dos estados do Brasil : Rio de Janeiro
(Synthesis of the historical-administrative and geographical documentation of the states of Brazil : Rio de Janeiro)
Lúcio Gonçalves de Mattos, Nélia Leão Santos and Regina de Almeida Sá (Coordinators)
1995. 81 p.
ISBN 85-240-0546-7
Presents the main dates of the historical-geographical evolution of the state of Rio de Janeiro, illustrated by a political-administrative map. It includes, for the state's municipalities and districts, the following information: municipalities' genealogy, present municipal and district division, changes occurred between August 1, 1983 and December 31, 1994, alphabetical index of districts, municipal and district toponym changes, legal acts and main historical dates of the municipalities, origin of the toponyms, gentile names and area of the municipalities.
It also includes the state's political and geographical division and other information from the publications listed in the bibliography.
Síntese histórica da formação dos Estados, Distrito Federal e Território da República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil e divisas inter-estaduais
(Historical synthesis of the formation of the States, the Federal District and the Territory of the United States of Brazil and interstate boundaries)
Ildefonso Escobar
1995. 144 p. (Documents for dissemination. Institutional memory, ISSN 0103-6459; no. 6)
ISBN 85-240-0545-9
Reproduction of the author's manuscript, the publication presents a study of the Brazilian political-territorial division, particularly the formation of the interstate boundaries, starting from the historically reconstituted origin and formation of the federative units. It includes the bibliography used.
Regiões de influência das cidades 1993
(Regions of influence of cities 1993)
2000. 230 p.
ISBN 85-240-0752-4
Presents the results of a research about spatial interactions between Brazilian cities endowed with some centrality, considering their ability to supply goods and services. It introduces
cartograms to represent those interactions and the reach of the areas of influence of these cities, portraying the relationships of hierarchical dependence between them. It provides also,
in schematic charts, the preferred route followed by the population from a given center in seeking to fulfill its needs for goods and services.