Proposta de traçado de alcoolduto ligando a hidrovia Tietê Paraná à refinaria do planalto paulista com uso de avaliação multicritérios e geotecnologias

From the beginning of the century, with the advent of the flex fuel car, successor fluctuations in oil prices and the rise of awareness of the impending shortage of fossil fuels, the alcohol sector begins to reappear in the panorama of national economy making Brasill reaches the point of becoming a leading exporter of this product. Ethanol assumed the role of such importance in Brazilian exports, which Petrobras through the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) has made investments in the Brazilian pipeline network to better ensure the production of ethanol to major ports. The means of transport in pipelines are safe and inexpensive, but require careful evaluation in its implementation, they may lead to negative social and environmental impacts. Thus, the purpose of this project is to propose the best route for an ethanol pipeline connectin the Tietê-Paraná, leaving the municipality of Santa Maria da Serra (SP), to the Planalto Paulista Refinery (REPLAN), located in Paulinia (SP), belonging to the passage of ethanol export corridor, currently under revelopment. The technique used for the development of the stroke is the association of multicriteria evaluation, the geographical information system (SIG) and geotechnologies. This study presented three possible layouts for the ethanol pipeline, highlighting the best option, in addition, demonstrated the suitability of the area to receive projects of similar nature to a pipeline

Economia regional: um estudo sobre as disparidades no desenvolvimento dos estados brasileiros

Com os avanços alcançados pela economia brasileira, considerada pela ONU uma economia de Desenvolvimento Humano Elevado, e pelos planos econômicos para galgar maiores patamares de desenvolvimento do país, como o PAC e Planos de Metas (para 2012), é necessário investigar se o desenvolvimento está sendo “engolfado” por toda a população - se os Estados e regiões mais atrasado, Norte e Nordeste, nesses primeiros anos do século 21, possuem condições de alcançar os Estados mais desenvolvidos do “Cone Sul”, ou seja, a integração da economia do país