Topic 3: The Demographic and Urban Dynamics of Contemporary Brazil

3.1 THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND URBAN NATURE OF BRAZIL

  • Urbanization, connections, urban hierarchy, and metropolitan regions (“regiões metropolitanas”)

  • Population: ethnical diversity, and the myth of “racial democracy”

3.2 DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE, GROWTH OF POPULATION, AND POPULATION MOBILITY IN CONTEMPORARY BRAZIL

  • Population growth and the contribution of the immigration waves

  • Demographic structure: age groups and gender

  • The distribution and mobility of the Brazilian population: immigration, emigration, and migration

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