The economics regions performance of Tocantins during the years of crisis (2010/2015): a spatial analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Thiago José Arruda de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Waldecy
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: DRd - Desenvolvimento Regional em debate
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.unc.br/index.php/drd/article/view/2162

This paper analyzed the relation between spatial interactions and crisis in the region's economics of Tocantins (TO). Due to its extreme dependence on national poles, Brasília e São Paulo, and resources provided by the federal government, any external disturbance could seriously unbalance such economic bases. To measure it, the spatial indexes Moran´s I (global and local) in two periods (2010/2012 and 2013/2015). Our findings illustrate that the process of dynamic spatial networks in the Tocantins is directly affected by instabilities in different contexts, mainly in the north of the state, the most region prejudiced for the crisis. In the central, where localized the capital, Palmas, overcame the crisis owing to the agglomeration of aim urban centralities. This scenario happened because of the differences in the accumulation of skills in the Tocantins. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that urban agglomerations overcome crises. Keywords: Spatial Interactions. Regional Economics. Crises.