ESPAÇO GEOGRÁFICO E CIRCUITO INFERIOR DA ECONOMIA URBANA (geographic space and lower circuit of the urban economy)
Abstract
No presente trabalho, objetivamos compreender a cidade dos países subdesenvolvidos como um espaço banal, atentando para a expansão e a redefinição do circuito inferior da economia urbana no período atual. Para isso, organizamos o texto em três partes. Na primeira, tecemos reflexões sobre o espaço geográfico como sinônimo de espaço banal, noção que explicita que a realidade é marcada pela coexistência desigual e contraditória de todos os agentes sociais (hegemônicos e não hegemônicos) e de todas as atividades econômicas (superiores e inferiores). Na segunda, trazemos à tona o espaço banal da cidade dos países subdesenvolvidos, considerando a importância da teoria dos dois circuitos da economia, formulada por Milton Santos, no final da década de 1970, para a análise da dinâmica dessa cidade. Discutimos também a expansão e a redefinição do circuito inferior no período atual, tendo como exemplo empírico o território do Rio Grande do Norte, estado da região Nordeste do Brasil. Na terceira, fazemos considerações finais, ratificando a necessidade de se estudar a dinâmica socioespacial da cidade dos países subdesenvolvidos considerando a totalidade dessa dinâmica, isto é, atentando para a coexistência do circuito superior e do circuito inferior nesse espaço. Assim sendo, concluímos ser pertinente considerar a teoria dos dois circuitos da economia urbana, analisando a dinâmica desses circuitos de acordo com as variáveis-chave que marcam o contexto atual do capitalismo.Palavras-chaves: Cidade dos países subdesenvolvidos, Circuitos da economia urbana, Espaço banal.
ABSTRACT
In this work, we objective to understand the city of underdeveloped countries as a common place, paying attention for expansion and redefinition of the lower circuit of urban economy in the current period. Then, we articulate the text into three parts: in the first, we made reflections about the geographical space as a synonym of common place, which spells out that the reality is marked by unequal and contradictory coexistence of all social actors (non-hegemonic and hegemonic) and of all economic activities (upper and lower); in the second, we bring to the city’s common place of underdeveloped countries, considering the importance of the theory of two circuits of the economy, formulated by Milton Santos in 1970, for the analysis of the dynamics of that city and discussing the expansion and redefinition of the lower circuit in the current period, taking as an example the empirical realm of Rio Grande do Norte, in the northeastern region of Brazil; and in the third, we perform the final considerations, by ratifying the need to study the socio-spatial dynamics of city of underdeveloped countries considering the totality of this dynamic, in other words, by paying attention to the coexistence of the upper circuit and the lower circuit in this space. Thus, we say be relevant considering the theory of two circuits of the urban economy, analyzing the dynamics of these circuits according to the key variables that mark the current context of capitalism.
Key words: City of underdeveloped countries,Circuits of the urban economy, Common place.
RÉSUMÉ
Dans ce travail, nous engageons à comprendre la ville des pays sous-développés comme un espace public, avec atention pour l’expansion et la redéfinition du circuit inferieur de l’économie urbaine dans la période actuelle. Pour ça, nous articulons le texte en trois parties: dans la première, nous faisons réflexions sur l’espace géographique comme synonyme d’espace public, qui énonce que cette réalité est marqué par la coexistence inégal et contradictoire de tous les acteurs sociaux (non hégémoniques et hégémoniques) et de toutes les activités économiques (supérieur et inférieur); dans la seconde, nous apportons à l’espace public de la ville des pays sous-développés, compte tenu de l’importance de la théorie des deux circuits de l’économie, formulée par Milton Santos à la fin des années 70, pour l’analyse la dynamique de cette ville et discuter l’expansion et la redéfinition du circuit inférieur dans la période actuelle, prenant comme exemple le domaine empirique du Rio Grande Norte, dans la région du nord-est du Brésil; et dans le troisième, nous effectuons les considérations finales, en ratifiant la nécessité d’étudier la dynamique socio-spatiales de ville de pays sous-développés, compte tenu de l’ensemble de cette dynamique, c’est-à-dire, en prêtant attention à la coexistence du circuit superieur et le circuit inférieur dans cet espace. Ainsi, nous dirons être pertinent compte tenu de la théorie des deux circuits de l’économie urbaine, pour analyse la dynamique de ces circuits selon les variables clés qui marquent le contexte actuel du capitalisme.
Mots-Clés: Ville de pays sous-développés, Circuits de l’économie urbaine, Espace public.
DOI: 10.4215/RM2012.1125.0004
Published
04/06/2012
How to Cite
SALVADOR, Diego Salomão Candido de Oliveira.
ESPAÇO GEOGRÁFICO E CIRCUITO INFERIOR DA ECONOMIA URBANA (geographic space and lower circuit of the urban economy).
Mercator, Fortaleza, v. 11, n. 25, p. 47 a 58, june 2012.
ISSN 1984-2201.
Available at: <http://www.mercator.ufc.br/mercator/article/view/673>. Date accessed: 12 dec. 2024.
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Keywords
Cidade dos países subdesenvolvidos. Circuitos da economia urbana. Espaço banal.
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