CITIES IN THE AMAZON, TERRITORIAL SYSTEMS AND THE URBAN NETWORK

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2018.e17027

Keywords:

Territorial system, City, Grassroots economy, Navigation.

Abstract

Starting from theoretical premises on urban networks in the Amazon that highlight the incomplete character of the cities’ economies and their unconsolidated hinterlands, this proposal discusses the Urban Riparian Territory System (STUR), which is dynamized through navigation and belongs to the grassroots economy. Data from Parintins (AM), evidences the distribution of industrialized goods to surrounding areas and supply of the urban market with regional resources. The STUR also affects the structuring of intraurban space forming low-income neighborhoods, shaping riverfronts that function as multireticular nodes. There is a complex interaction with the dominant territorial system linked to commercial capital, showing the dual and complementary character of this grassroots economy.

Keywords: Territorial system, City, Grassroots economy, Navigation.

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Author Biography

  • Estevan Bartoli, State University Amazonas (UEA), Parintins (AM), Brazil.

    Professor da Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - campus de Parintins. Doutor em geografia pela UNESP de Presidente Prudente (2017) com estágio ("sanduíche") na Universidade Ca´ Foscari de Veneza. Realiza pesquisas nas áreas de geografia urbana e análise territorial, com ênfase em sistemas territoriais para o desenvolvimento territorial em cidades na Amazônia. É líder do Núcleo de Estudos Territoriais da Amazônia (NETAM).

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Published

2018-11-20

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Vol. 17 (2018)

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CITIES IN THE AMAZON, TERRITORIAL SYSTEMS AND THE URBAN NETWORK. (2018). Mercator, 17. https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2018.e17027