Brazilian concentration morphology: what can be configured besides metropolitanization?

Authors

  • Rosa Moura Instituto Paranaense de Desenvolvimento Econômico - IPARDES

Keywords:

Urban complexes, City/region, Expanded metropolis, Urban-regional management

Abstract

This paper discusses the emergence of complex spatialities assembling metropolitan areas, urban agglomerations and urban centers under a unique social-economic process. It considers the theoretical approach, describes morphologies, identifies Brazilian examples connected to international ones, and emphasizes our concern on the lack of management mechanisms, pointing out the
challenge to get planning models and governance systems suitable to this complexity

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Author Biography

Rosa Moura, Instituto Paranaense de Desenvolvimento Econômico - IPARDES

Doutora em Geografia. Pesquisadora IPARDES e da Rede Observatório das Metrópoles.

Published

2011-08-02

How to Cite

Moura, R. (2011). Brazilian concentration morphology: what can be configured besides metropolitanization?. Revista Paranaense De Desenvolvimento - RPD, (107), 77–92. Retrieved from https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/103