Atributos urbanos e produção de conhecimento nos municípios de Minas Gerais: uma análise exploratória de dados

Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between the presence of specific urban attributes and the local production of knowledge in the municipalities of Minas Gerais. For this, two forms of knowledge, synthetic knowledge, related to local productive capacity, and analytical knowledge, intensive in science, are observed. Using the Canonical Correlation Analysis technique, it was possible to observe that aspects related to the municipal urban structure, such as employment density and local scale, are relevant to local knowledge production. Sensible differences between the most important attributes for the production of each type of knowledge were found. In this sense, for municipalities that are known for its production of analytical knowledge, the existence of local universitary and research institutions are more relevant. For those specialized in the production of synthetic knowledge, productive agglomeration is the most relevant element.