Pequenas cidades da rede urbana de Pato Branco PR

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Karim Borges dos
• Orientador(a): Sampaio, Fernando dos Santos
• Banca de defesa: Pereira, Sílvia Regina , Bastos, José Messias
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia
• Departamento: Produção do Espaço e Meio Ambiente
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: rede urbana; pequenas cidades; formação social
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: urban network; small towns; social formation
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA
• Link de acesso: http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/129

The studies on the urban network in Brazil are gaining prominence especially in recent decades when there was the intensification of urbanization in this country and the outbreak of the industrialization. Process that resulted in a geographic area organization ruled by a clear hierarchy of urban centers based on the concentration of activities in some centers at the detriment of others. The territorial division of the pertinent labor to the capitalism development in Brazil resulted in the need of the productive role restructuring of cities in recent decades. Therefore, it was verified an urban network reconfiguration becoming it the most complex to the interpretation. The process of production concentration in major centers has been increasing in the following decades to 1970, however the small towns were redefining their roles in quest to reintegrate itself into the regional urban network with productive activities that maintenance the population. Whence arises a new insertion of these small towns in the Territorial Division of Labor, seeking new skills and appreciation of the local potentiality against the trend of global homogenization productive. Given this inherent perspective to the Brazilian territory, it is important to us understand, even that it is based in a spatial snip, the small towns dynamics in Brazilian territory, as well as some of yours productive activities. This article presents discussions regarding the economic dynamics of small towns that pertains the urban network of Pato Branco PR. Deal with the social formation in the cities constitution and the urban network configuration studied. Moreover, there are issues relating to productive activities studied in these small towns and the local development factors. It discusses the changes in the urban network configuration toward of the restructuring national economic and the importance of local productive activities for it productive inclusion.