As regiões de planejamento de Minas Gerais sob a ótica do desenvolvimento rural sustentável: uma abordagem teórico-metodológica

Abstract

This study aimed to built a typology of the communities in Minas Gerais from their social, economic and institutional characteristics of sustainable rural development. We applied two multivariate statistical methods (principal components and cluster) using 20 variables divided in six dimensions defined by the Ministry of Rural Development as directives of rural sustainable development. The six directives are: Regional and Social Diversities; Rights and Quality of Life; Knowledge; Social Organization and Political Participation; Economic Organization and Markets; Production and Sustainability. The variables were collected from many sources for the 853 communities of Minas Gerais. The results show that it is possible to aggregate the communities in four groups relatively homogeneous: communities in really favorable conditions of sustainable development; communities in favorable conditions of sustainable development; communities with little conditions of sustainable development communities no favorable conditions of sustainable development.