The influence of socio-spatial segregation on urban mobility indicators: the case of Belém – PA/ A influência da segregação sócio-espacial nos indicadores de mobilidade urbana: o caso de Belém - PA

The article discusses how the suburb socio-spatial segregation influences the urban mobility of a population, using Belém-PA, Brazil as a case study. The methodology started from the integration of socioeconomic and transport microdata for areas containing selected household and their spatial location, that were obtained from the 2010 Brazilian Census. In the spatial analysis of these microdata, the variation in the average commute time for each resident was observed, given the geographic location of the central business district (CBD) and other commercial and industrial agglomerations. In the results, the generated maps, compared to the on-site visit, allowed to identify the subareas with major and minor mobility and the priorities for investment in transport infrastructure.

Industrialization and Industrial Hubs in Malaysia

Industrial agglomerations have become a major vehicle for stimulating economic growth and structural change in many countries. Malaysia was a pioneer amongst the developing countries that launched industrial hubs. This chapter examines the theoretical rationale, the policies introduced, and the four industrial agglomeration strategies launched by the Malaysian government to stimulate industrialization. The initial objective of developing export processing zones (EPZs) to attract investment, create jobs, and generate exports was successful. Unemployment, poverty rates, and income inequality fell from 1970 till 2017. However, EPZs, and the subsequent attempts to stimulate structural change from low- to high-value activities through science and technology parks and regional corridors, was not successful owing to the lack of human capital and effective technological upgrading policies. Initiatives to galvanize the industrial hubs must address these shortcomings, as well as emphasizing environmental greening and the evolution of an egalitarian economy.

Regional problems of water use for Siberian industrial agglomerations

This research is devoted to identification and assessment of basic indicators for regional water use as one of components of social-natural-technogenic system. Basic indicators are estimated on the example of Siberian industrial agglomerations such as Krasnoyarsk and the Kemerovo regions. These regions are considered as pilot for development of the social-natural-technogenic systems concept. Identification of basic indicators is a first stage in the problem of sustainable regional development risks assessment.