The IBGE releases, today, volume 61, n. 2 of the Journal of Brazilian Geography, which presents three research articles and a technical note, selected out of a total 35 submissions.

The opening article – Geosystems and Geography in Brazil, by Lucas Costa de Souza Cavalcanti and Antônio Carlos de Barros Corrêa, the University of Pernambuco – deals with conceptual and methodological aspects of the geosystems theory, which are integrated studies characterized by the reading of landscapes as a human construct, also conditioned by nature. Based on the biography and professional history of renowned researchers such as Shave (1905-1978) and Bertrand (1932-), this work presents a background view and an analyzes the history of the thought and of the application of this field of knowledge.

The second article, Landscape painting and the formation of geomorphological science in the United States of the 19th century, written by Antônio Carlos Vitte and Maira Kahl Ferraz, from Unicamp – has the objective of showing the relationship between science, in this case, geomorphology, and the arts (painting), during the expansion of the America frontier westwards.

Written by Marcelo Paiva da Motta and Ronaldo Cerqueira Carvalho, researchers from the IBGE, the third article – Networks of company headquarters and branches in Brazil – presents as its main theme the Geography of flows, one of the research lines in the Institute. Anchored on Peter Taylor’s theory, Central Flows, this work brings an analysis of the movements of urban centers command and control all over the national territory, by means of interactions established between the headquarters and branches of companies.

The RGB also contains the technical note Altimetric Precision of Digital Model of the Terrain under Vegetation, obtained by means of Interferometry of P Band Radar with Synthetic Openin, by Clovis Gaboardi and Dieter Lübeck, from the Bradar Aerial Surveying Company. By revealing the technological advances which support analyses in geomorphology and related sciences, this study is expected to be relevant contribution altimetric precision in methodological terms.

Published by the IBGE between 1939 and 2009 and reopened last year, the Journal of Brazilian Geography is a scientific publication in electronic media with available on a semester basis. The submission of articles is continuous and open to researchers from national and international institutions, including the IBGE. Visit the magazine page to read and submit articles.  

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March 31, 2017