Análise espacial do desenvolvimento econômico relativo da região do Maciço de Baturité, Ceará

Abstract

The State of Ceará has, throughout its territory, spaces with heterogeneous historical, natural and economic characteristics, and one of these spaces is the Maciço de Baturité region. Thus, this work aimed to analyze the relative economic dynamism of Ceará municipalities and their spatial distribution in 2010, with particular emphasis on those municipalities which make up the Maciço de Baturité region. For this, the work was based on the use of the exploratory factor analysis technique to measure the relative development index (IRD) of the municipalities of Ceará, especially of the Maciço de Baturité. In the second moment, an exploratory spatial analysis was performed using the spatial autocorrelation coefficient, Moran Global and Local Index. The municipal IRD indicated the existence of heterogeneities in the dynamics of development, where the Maciço region was the one that obtained the lowest average IDR, while Fortaleza, together with its metropolitan region, registered the highest average of the IRD. The results also reveal the existence of positive spatial autocorrelation for the State of Ceará and negative for the Maciço region. The local Moran index pointed to the existence of similarity (high high and low-low) of the IRD variable, concentrated in the planning region of the Greater Fortaleza.