Espacio y Desarrollo (Oct 2007)
Aspectos gerais sobre região e o processo de urbanização brasileira
Abstract
In order to understand the concept of region it is essential to analyze the spatial dynamics ofterritories. The region as a concept has changed along time in the diverse schools of geogra- phy. Now, one of the more acepted concepts is the diferentiation of areas, that is, the earth surface is formed by differing territories. Then, to understand our metropolitan region it is necessary to make an analysis of the Brazilian urbanization process and metropolitan region. The methodology is based on the recopilation of bibliographic information about the topic in question. It was found that the Brazilian urbanization process was very dynamic during the xx century, when metropolis grew exorbitant and many cities passed to have more than one million inhabitants. The main attractive of these regions was to offer more job opportunities and therefore better living conditions. But, as result of the metropolitization appeared many social problems, which not only affected the core cities but their surrounding areas. This fact led to look for solutions and one of these was the creation of the metropolitan regions, by the integrated planning, administration and application of common interests. The first eight metropolitan regions were created on July 8, 1973 by the Ley Complemen-taria N° 14, and were: São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador, Curitiba, Belém, and Fortaleza. Now, Brazil has 26 metropolitan regions and three Integrated Regions of Economic Development (RIDE). Here, we emphasize the importance of urban planning to solve the city problems based on principles of continuousity, flexibility, and participativemanagement.
