%0 Journal Article %T Movimento pendular e perspectivas de pesquisas em aglomerados urbanos %A Moura %A Rosa %A Castello Branco %A Maria Luisa Gomes %A Firkowski %A Olga L¨²cia C. de Freitas %J S£¿o Paulo em Perspectiva %D 2005 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0102-88392005000400008 %X this paper aims to discuss the role of commuting at intrametropolitan level and its relation to urban agglomeration restructuring processes. a theoretical and empirical review is presented to build a preliminary framework, used in the analysis of the demographic census 2000 data, to identify the spatial patterns of major urban areas of brazil. %K commuting %K urban mobility %K intrametropolitan flows. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-88392005000400008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en