Metropolization, urban-industrial agglomerations and regional development in the south of Brazil

The article deals with the relations between metropolization, urban agglomerations and regional development. Based on an analysis of the contemporary trends of metropolization, we aim to understand how the movement of productive spatial restructuring reflects on concentrated urban spaces, especially...

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Author: Soares, Paulo Roberto Rodrigues
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repository:Cadernos Metrópole (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33088
Online Access:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/metropole/article/view/2236-9996.2018-4101
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:metropolização
aglomerações urbanas
mundialização
desenvolvimento regional
Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil)
metropolization
urban agglomerations
mundialization
regional development
State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
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Summary:The article deals with the relations between metropolization, urban agglomerations and regional development. Based on an analysis of the contemporary trends of metropolization, we aim to understand how the movement of productive spatial restructuring reflects on concentrated urban spaces, especially metropolitan areas and urban agglomerations. We highlight that both concepts are understood as spatial forms, beyond their institutional definition. From this analysis, we also aim to understand how spaces in the process of or linked to metropolization can, with the articulation of regional stakeholders, promote regional development policies, including their connection with the global economy.