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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18893
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dc.contributor.advisorWood, Harold-
dc.contributor.authorChai, Ronald Kenneth-
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-26T21:29:35Z-
dc.date.available2016-02-26T21:29:35Z-
dc.date.issued1984-04-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/18893-
dc.descriptionThis research paper was submitted to the Department of Geography in fulfillment of the requirements of Geography 4C6.en_US
dc.description.abstract<p>This thesis looks at the effects of accessibility on the economic and social development in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Certain indicators, representative of economic and social development were obtained from the Brazilian National Census and these were plotted against distance from Sao Paulo City for analysis. In this case, distance being used as the measure of accessibility. Visual and regression analysis were then performed on the data to examine the relationship between the development parameters and the effects of distance.</p> <p>During the course of the analysis, it was found that not only distance affected the level of development but town size also had and important role. The town size determined the degree of development that was going to occur, regardless of distance from Sao Paulo.</p>en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSao Pauloen_US
dc.subjectBrazilen_US
dc.subjectaccessibilityen_US
dc.subjectdistanceen_US
dc.subjecttown sizeen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjecteconomyen_US
dc.subjectsocietyen_US
dc.titleThe Effects of Accessibility on the Economic and Social Development in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazilen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen_US
dc.description.degreetypeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeBachelor of Arts (BA)en_US
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