INSIGHTS TO THE BRAZILIAN CENTER NORTH ACHIEVES THE SDG 11 GOALS

Abstract

* Recebido em: 02/06/2021. Aprovado em: 28/07/2021. 1, 2, 3 Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) Abstract: the article used as main hypothesis that the high interaction level among Brazilian Center North (BCN) cities and also with Brazilian territory could be a crucial factor to this region on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) n° 11 goals. The polycentrism concept, Gravitational Model and flow of people by bus itinerary were used as research methodology. The results of estimators suggested that the BCN has monocentric functional linkage, a framework that restricts the community cohesion and consequently, the capacity of this region to accomplish the SDG n°11 goals. In a conclusion, the Sub-regional centers A are strong candidates to boost the spatial interaction into BCN due to their social and economic relevance in this scenario.