Shopping Malls in Curitiba: spatial context and scope of the urban economy

Authors

  • Alexandre Gomes Ferreira Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
  • Olga Lúcia C. de Freitas Firkowski Universidade Federal do Paraná

Keywords:

Urban economy, Trade, Shopping center, Location, Curitiba

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the shopping malls in Curitiba, recognizing these enterprises as an  important agent structuring of the space and of the urban economy. Therefore, contextualizes the sector in Brazil, highlighting the importance of the evolution of malls in the national economy, also presents a theoretical framework about the subject. After this analyzes the spatial distribution of themselves and their locational pattern, which result in a high concentration of enterprises within the Curitiba city, mainly along the main roads designs of the city and defines in the process of urban planning. In the last part, we show the importance of shopping malls in the urban economy, from the analyzes of their billing´s indicators segmented into sub-sectors of activities, allowing to measure the participation of these enterprises in the total trade´s sales in Curitiba, but also propose a typology for classifying this malls, in view of their specific in relation the sub-sectors most representative in each enterprises analyzed.

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Author Biographies

Alexandre Gomes Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Geógrafo formado pela Universidade Federal do Paraná. Mestrando do programa de Pós Graduação em Geografia da UFPR - linha de pesquisa - Produção e transformação do espaço urbano-regional. Pesquisador do Observatório das Metrópoles-Núcleo Curitiba. Integrante do LaDiMe - Laboratório de Dinâmicas Metropolitanas - UFPR

 

Olga Lúcia C. de Freitas Firkowski, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Professora Doutora do Departamento de Geografia da UFPR. Pesquisadora do CNPQ e do INCT/Observatório das Metrópoles

Published

2012-02-13

How to Cite

Ferreira, A. G., & Firkowski, O. L. C. de F. (2012). Shopping Malls in Curitiba: spatial context and scope of the urban economy. Revista Paranaense De Desenvolvimento - RPD, (119), 215–236. Retrieved from https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/199

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Planejamento e Gestão Urbana e Regional - Parte 1 - Organização: Rosa Moura