Distribuição intraurbana das atividades econômicas: uma análise espacial das empresas da cidade do Recife

Abstract

This monograph presents data on the pattern of location and agglomeration of economic activities in the city of Recife, between the years 2018 and 2021, looking at the period before and after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The main sectors of the city of Recife referring to new companies opened in this period are analyzed. The distance-based concentration measure was applied to analyze the pattern of companies' location, estimated from the methodology K density function, presented by Duranton and Overman (2005), because, as it is a variable based on distance, it is possible to estimate the concentration degree of the points individually, without aggregating them in spatial units and allowing to measure the concentration or dispersion without aggregation bias. It is concluded that confirming previous research, activities involving retail trade, especially services, demonstrate a strong pattern of location over short distances, even after the pandemic is over. In the industry sector, there is no location pattern for the city of Recife throughout the studied period, which is different from the available literature. In the case of the Human Health and Social Services sector, new data were presented, demonstrating a sharp drop in the location pattern, becoming more dispersed after the beginning of the pandemic. However, due to the lack of information from other sectors, it is essential to carry out complementary studies for a greater contribution to the needs of these activities, thus helping in the decision-making about the urban economic space of the city.