From Urbanization to Metropolization: A Conceptual Approach
Tiago Estevam Gonçalves,
José Borzacchiello da Silva,
Enos Feitosa de Araújo
Abstract:The article approaches the processes of metropolization with regard to urban development and spatial organization of the city in their continuous and articulated processes. The perspective of this analysis is that there is a new basis for urban/metropolitan dynamics, moving out from an industrial and post-Fordist economy to a financialization of the economy, which we call metropolization. From the recent dynamics of the concentration of people and the expansion of urban space, some discussions can emerge about… Show more
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