GEO-ECONOMICS COMPLEXITY AND THE REGIONALS GEOGRAPHIC'S ANALYSIS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2024.e23032

Keywords:

Complexidade geoeconômica, Economias de aglomeração, Oeste catarinense

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to unravel the geo-economic complexity of regional agglomeration economies. For this one, the spatial focus is on the western region of Santa Catarina. The main result of cross-referencing the literature with empirical research data was to break the stereotype that the region under analysis is specialized purely and simply in agro-industrial production. In fact, it is a complex, specialized and diversified geo-economic dynamic; given the overflow of agro-industrial capital into other productive sectors, such as machinery and equipment, mechanical metal, renewable energy, meat production technologies, real estate investments and others. This led to the identification of four agglomeration economies with differences and similarities from a production point of view: Chapecó and Xanxerê, Concórdia and Joaçaba, Videira and Caçador and, finally, São Miguel do Oeste. Methodologically, the research considers three steps: 1) bibliographic and data collection; 2) fieldwork and technical visits; 3) organization, cross-referencing and qualification of the data collected.

Keywords: Geo-Economics Complexity; Agglomeration of Economy; West of Santa Catarina.

Author Biographies

  • Eduardo von Dentz, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil

    PhD in Geography (UFSC-2022). He is an adjunct professor in the area of ​​Human and Economic Geography (Geography Department of the Federal University of Ceará - UFC). He participates as a member of the UFSC research group: Socio-spatial Formation: technical progress and economic development (GEOTDE) and of UERJ: New project economy, in the line of research on the agro-industrial complex. He has experience in the area of ​​Geography, with an emphasis on economic, regional and agricultural geography, working mainly on the following themes: agribusiness, production complexes and regional geoeconomic complexity.

  • Carlos José Espíndola, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (SC), Brazil

    PhD in Geography (Human Geography) from the University of São Paulo (2002) and Post-Doctorate at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2010). He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Department of Geosciences), teaching one course in the undergraduate program (organization of global space) and two in the PPGG (Capitalist dynamics of Brazilian agriculture and technology, industry and organization of space). He is editor-in-chief of the journal Geosul (GCN/UFSC) and a consultant for CNPq and CAPES. He has experience in the area of ​​Human Geography, with an emphasis on economic geography, working mainly on the following topics: agroindustries, urban and rural regional development, competitiveness and agribusiness.

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2024-10-27

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Vol. 23 (2024)

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