METROPOLITAN REGIONAL SPACE

EXPANDING SPACE PRODUCTION IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF SÃO PAULO FROM RODOANEL

Abstract

In the current historical
context, there is a deepening of the space-capital relationship.
Urban space, especially that
of the metropolis, within a
local scale, is no longer
enough to guarantee the
support, accumulation and
reproduction of capital. In
this text, the hypothesis is
raised that the production of the regional metropolitan
space (or city-region) has
become a sine qua non
condition for the
reproduction of capital in
the mainstay of the neoliberal
accumulation regime. In view
of this, the articulation
between the production of
scales and the production of
space will be investigated,
since, through this
relationship, it is possible
to understand central elements
of the new dynamics of
capital. Finally, the
construction of the Ring
Road in the state of
São Paulo will also be analyzed, as such project
contains the intentionality of producing a
regional metropolis (with the city of São Paulo
as the pulsating nucleus of
the process) in the national
territory.