Potential of attraction of people of municipalities in the region of the Parana Second Plateau.

Abstract

Displacements of passengers intercity bus transportation in a region represents a flow pattern or interaction between municipalities, and these relationships provide a regional dynamic. In the study specifically observed the municipalities of Telemaco Borba, Ortigueira, Sapopema, Curiuva, Figueira, São Jeronimo da Serra, Imbau, Reserva, Tibagi and Ventania. For the application of modeling proposed by Isard (1975), we used the distances between the cities under study, their respective populations and passenger flows observed, which occurred in 2010, the intercity public transportation. The Observed Flows (I_ij) in intercity public transportation are directly proportional to the size of the masses (P_i) and inversely proportional to the distance that separates them, and can be expressed by an attractive central force, hierarchically organized by the size of the populations and distances separates them. The municipality that presented the greatest potential attraction (V_i) was people Telemaco Borba, followed by Reserva, Ortigueira, Tibagi, Curiuva.