Reflex Urbanization: The Emergency of Intermediate Urban Scales in Brazil after 1990

Authors

  • Humberto Miranda Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
  • Evaldo Gomes-Júnior Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/s0250-71612017000300207

Keywords:

urbanization, intermediate cities, territorial restructuring

Abstract

This article analyzes the role of intermediate sized cities among the other urban scales in Brazil. These scales modify the urban hierarchies in underdeveloped nations. After the 1990s, the form of coordination between urban, rural and regional changed the pattern of Brazilian urbanization. However, investments in logistics infrastructure and the technical processes of economic modernization, penetrated in the expansion areas of the agro-export frontier and intensified the pace of urbanization in non-metropolitan areas, making way for reflex urbanization.

Published

2017-09-02

How to Cite

Miranda, H., & Gomes-Júnior, E. (2017). Reflex Urbanization: The Emergency of Intermediate Urban Scales in Brazil after 1990. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 43(130). https://doi.org/10.4067/s0250-71612017000300207

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