Production of Urban Space and the occurrence of malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: the Porto Velho case

Abstract Due to intense ongoing urbanization in the Amazon, urban pattern of malaria may be changing, both its spatial distribution and epidemiological profile. The purpose this paper is analyze how process production space Porto Velho, capital state Rondonia, Brazil has contributed occurrence maintenance malaria. Using data collected from Malaria Epidemiological Surveillance System (SIVEP-Malaria), we calculated indices for districts Velho 2005 2018. We also developed two typologies classifying based on functional characteristics features landscape. While former considers latter suitability vectors. found that annual parasite index declined during study period. However, changes were not uniform across city. Periurban areas showed no decline index, which attribute these areas’ high vegetation density hydrological characteristics.