Research Funding and Grant Agencies

FAPESP – State of São Paulo Research Foundation

http://www.fapesp.br/

CEPID – Centers of Research, Innovation and Diffusion

http://watson.fapesp.br/CEPID/centros.htm

CAPES – Coordination for the Improvement of University Graduates

http://www.capes.gov.br/

CNPq – National Council for Scientific and Technological Development

http://www.cnpq.br

 

Associations

Anpocs – Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs and Research in Social Sciences

http://www.anpocs.org.br

Anpur – National Urban and Local Planning Graduate and Research Association

http://www.anpur.org.br

ABCP – Brazilian Political Science Association (Urbandata)

http://www.cienciapolitica.org.br

Anpec – National Association of the Centers for Graduate Studies in Economics

http://www.anpec.org.br

SBS – Brazilian Society of Sociology

http://www.sbsociologia.com.br

ABA - Brazilian Society of Anthropology

http://www.abant.org.br

LASA – Latin American Studies Association

http://lasa.international.pitt.edu

ANPUH – Nacional Association of History

http://www.anpuh.uepg.br

SBPC – Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science

http://www.sbpcnet.org.br

ABC – Brazilian Academy of Sciences

http://www.abc.org.br

 

International Institutions

IPC-UNDP - International Poverty Centre - United Nations Development Programme

http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/

Statistics and databases

SEADE – Seade Foundation

http://www.seade.gov.br/

IBOPE – Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics

http://www.ibope.com.br/

IBGE – Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

http://www.ibge.gov.br/

IPEA - Institute for Applied Research in Economics

http://www.ipea.gov.br

EMPLASA – Metropolitan Planning Company for the State of São Paulo

http://www.emplasa.sp.gov.br/

Digibase – Digital Database

http://www.digibase.com.br/

 

Research Centers and Universities

CEBRAP – Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning

http://www.cebrap.org.br

USP - University of São Paulo

http://www.usp.br

FFLCH-USP – College of Philosophy, Language and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo

http://www.fflch.usp.br

ECA-USP – School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo

http://www.eca.usp.br

Cedeplar - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Centre for Development and Local Planning

http://www.cedeplar.ufmg.br

IETS – Institute for Studies on Labor and Society

http://www.iets.org.br/

Ippur – Institute for Research, Urban and Local Planning

http://www.ippur.ufrj.br

CPDOC/FGV – Centre for Research and Documentation of  Brazilian Contemporary History

http://www.cpdoc.fgv.br/comum/htm/

Taub Urban Research Center

http://urban.nyu.edu/

IFF - Florestan Fernandes Institute

http://www.institutoflorestan.org.br/

CASE/LSE - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/

Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences - Brown University

http://www.s4.brown.edu/

 

Demography

Abep – Brazilian Association of Population Studies

http://www.abep.org.br

PERN – Population-Environment Research Network

http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/

American Demographics

http://www.inside.com/default.asp?entity=AmericanDemo

Demographic Research MPIDR online journal

http://www.demographic-research.org/

UNDP Brasil – United Nations Development Program for Brasil

http://www.undp.org.br/

United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)

http://www.un.org/popin/

 

Public Agencies

Joao Pinheiro Foundation

http://www.fjp.gov.br/

 

Tools for map searching

CoPiloto – On-line maps and instructions

http://www.copiloto.com.br/

Geo.Sampa – City Map of São Paulo

http://geo.sampa.prodam.sp.gov.br/principal.asp

Mapafacil

http://www.mapafacil.com.br/index.htm

MapLink – Maps/routs/services

http://maplink.uol.com.br/index.htm

Porto Alegre Map

http://geo.procempa.com.br/geo/

Aerial photos of municipal districts

http://www.municipionline.com.br/Estado_no_Espaco.htm

 

Urban Studies

URBAN AGE - Urban Studies Network

http://www.urban-age.net/

Pereira Passos Municipal Urbanism Institute

http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/ipp/

Strategic Master Plan for the Municipal District of São Paulo

http://www.camara.sp.gov.br/pdiretor01.asp

Infohab

www.infohab.org.br

Habitare

www.habitare.org.br

 

Geo-referencing Technology

INPE/DPI – Division of Image Geoprocessing

http://www.dpi.inpe.br/

NIMA PUBLIC HOME PAGE – National Imagery and Mapping Agency

http://www.nima.mil/

Centre for Urban Technology

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cut/index.html

GDRC The Urban Sphere

http://www.gdrc.org/spheres/urban.html

Government, Data & Geographic Information Systems

http://govinfo.ucsd.edu/

Neighborhood Knowledge, Los Angeles

http://nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu/

GIS Factor

http://www.fatorgis.com.br/

 

Culture

SESC/SP –  São Paulo Trade area Social Services

http://www.sescsp.com.br

TV Cultura – State of São Paulo public television station

http://www.tvcultura.com.br