International Workshop on Urban Modeling

Place: “Sala da Congregação”, Building FEA I, FEA/USP

Date: July 10, 2012

Coordination: Eduardo A. Haddad

PROGRAM

9:00-9:15

Introduction and opening remarks

9:15-10:00

“Micro-macro synergy: linking individual behavior to macroeconomic processes in urban systems”

Eveline van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10:00-10:25

“An index of accessibility for Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”

Renato Vieira, FIPE, Brazil

10:25-10:50

“Recent developments of the interregional input-output system for Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”

Eduardo Haddad, University of São Paulo, Brazil

10:50-11:10 – Coffee break

11:10-11:30

Research Project 1: “Housing prices and accessibility in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”

Paula Pereda, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Weslem Faria, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

11:30-11:50

Research Project 2: “Integrating GIS and input-output systems for assessing the impacts of floods in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”

Eliane Teixeira, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

11:50-12:10

“Home price indices: the FIPE ZAP real estate index for Sao Paulo”

Eduardo Zylberstajn, FIPE, Brazil

12:10-12:35

“Urban agglomeration and economic growth in Latin America”

Patricio Aroca, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

12:35-13:00

“Investigating demographic changes and their impacts on a metropolitan economy: ageing, immigration and changing ethnic compositions”

Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA