Centro de Estudos da Metrópole

Demographic Census by Census Tracts - Databases with cartographies and census variables (demographic data, socioeconomic data, characterization of households etc.) from the metropolitan region of São Paulo

This work represents a significant effort from Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS) to make detailed census data about the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo available for researchers and institutions of the public sector.

The files contain the digital cartography (georeferenced) and the alphanumeric data related to the questionnaires in the 1991 Demographic Census universe and the 2000 Demographic Census, all of them performed by IBGE.

The Center for Metropolitan Studies makes available new and expanded data on elections in Brazil between 1994 and 2010 They are the election results for president, governors, senators, federal and state legislators aggregated by county, for the entire country. The results are available both in absolute numbers and as a proportion of votes calculated based on the aggregation of attendance of each election. Accompany these data, the corresponding dictionaries with information about the variables, a file with the base map of the municipalities of the country, besides the table with the Brazilian political parties in the period 1994-2010.

Demographic Census by Census Tracts - Databases with cartographies and census variables (demographic data, socioeconomic data, characterization of households etc.) from the metropolitan region of São Paulo

This work represents a significant effort from Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS) to make detailed census data about the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo available for researchers and institutions of the public sector.

The files contain the digital cartography (georeferenced) and the alphanumeric data related to the questionnaires in the 1991 Demographic Census universe and the 2000 Demographic Census, all of them performed by IBGE.

This database enables the investigation about the dynamics of the commercial real estate production in Sao Paulo´s Metropolitan Region and over the past 28 years. It brings together information about how (in price, size, number of parking spaces) and where (municipality, district, geographic coordinates) the enterprises have been build. It is an excellent resource for researchers in urban policies, especially for those who are dedicated to study the real estateindustry and its regulation by municipalities, appointed as one of the major cause of unplanned growth and spatial segregation in Brazilian cities. This database it is a qualitative improvement and an extension of information on commercial developments in São Paulo and the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, systematized by Empresa Brasileira de Patrimônio (Embraesp) between 1985 and 2013.

Data on qualitative improvement and expansion of information on residential real estate launches in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, systematized by the Brazilian Heritage Company (Embraesp) in the period between 1985 and 2013. The objective is to support geostatistical, urban economy and policy research as part of a broad research project on the governance patterns that permeate the relationship between State and sectors outside the State interested in conducting urban public policies, such as the real estate sector.

Among the improvements made by the CEM team, the bank brings the georeferencing of buildings and houses, the correction and monetary updating, the standardization of the name of the main incorporating companies of each enterprise and several geographic operations that allow the crossing of the information of the launches with data of the companies. Censuses (1991, 2000 and 2010). The variables added to the bank and the method used for the work are indicated in the Variable Dictionary, which accompanies the data set.

This database allows us to advance in the understanding of the dynamics of the residential real estate sector, being able to respond as (in price, size, number of dormitories and parking spaces) and where (by municipality, district, geographic coordinate ) has been offering residential properties in São Paulo and Metropolitan Region over the last 28 years. It is an excellent resource for researchers on urban issues, especially those who study the real estate sector and its regulation by the municipalities, which has been problematized as one of the main causes of disordered growth and spatial segregation in the Brazilian metropolises.