The metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro has an urban structure "macrocefálica" in which the hinterland remains "the shadow of the metropolis" with other reduced centrality. However, in the recent period, there was the advent of large investment projects in its periphery, notably in the steel,...

The metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro has an urban structure "macrocefálica" in which the hinterland remains "the shadow of the metropolis" with other reduced centrality. However, in the recent period, there was the advent of large investment projects in its periphery, notably in the steel,...

The paper summarizes and analyses the spatial organizations of US and their regional development policies. The first part describe the evolution of the US economy during the period 1800-2000, and the second part presents the regional policies and agencies that shape the regional development. The...

The regional development in China in the period 1949-2000 has two stages. In the first one (1949-1978), the aim was to control the territory. During three decades the government encouraged the convergences of per capita income among regions, rural, and urban areas, the industry was...

The theory of poles of growth appeared in a seminal work of François Perroux in 1955 and had a great influence on the Latin American thought in the decades of 1960 and 1970 as an important tool for reducing regional inequalities. In Brazil was no different. By possessing an extensive territory,...

The theory of poles of growth appeared in a seminal work of François Perroux in 1955 and had a great influence on the Latin American thought in the decades of 1960 and 1970 as an important tool for reducing regional inequalities. In Brazil was no different. By possessing an extensive territory,...

The aim of this paper is to apply principal components and cluster analysis on a set of technological effort indicators calculated using the Brazilian Innovation Survey (PINTEC). Such indicators are employed in order to consider innovative effort in the broadest possible way. Thus, these...

In this article, we discuss the current pattern of territorial reconfi guration of the Brazilian industry, its forms and motivations, in order to put in question some of the most signifi cant challenges of the actual regional issue. We have brought new evidence of how it keeps deconcentrating in...

This paper aims to investigate structural transformations in Brazilian regional disparities. It puts focus on concentration/deconcentration movements presented in the industrial activities. It examines reasons why industrial sector has been moving from the state of São Paulo to other regions in...

The present study aims to investigate the transformations in industrial activity in three states of the Southeast region (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais), the significant nucleus of Brazilian industry, between 1996 and 2015, with a focus on change structural and territorial...