Análise de acessibilidade e proposta de solução otimizada para a localização das escolas públicas municipais na cidade de Montes Claros – MG

Abstract

The accelerated urbanization of Brazilian cities has posed challenges for the organization of urban space, resulting in the convergence of a set of actions with a view to planning and regulating interventions in the territory. Despite advances in this direction, some themes still lack guidelines, such as the agenda on the location of public schools. Without criteria, especially accessibility, the result is long home-school journeys. In this context, this work aims to propose an optimized location for municipal public schools in the city of Montes Claros - MG, using the facility location tool of TransCAD. Before indicating the solution, the accessibility of the residents is analyzed based on the indicators proposed by Brau, Mercê and Tarrago (1980), as a function of the student-school walking distance, using the Service Area function of ArcGIS. It can be seen that the walking distance from home to school for city residents is more than 1,000 m in most of the urban area. The optimized proposal presents a considerable improvement in the accessibility of the residents. The research presents fundamentals that corroborate for the reduction of the student-school path in Montes Claros – MG.