Intermediary Cities and New Consumption Spaces: Recent Reflections and Issues

Contemporary economic dynamics and different changes in urban sociability produce conditions that lead to the restructuring processes of cities, altering everyday spatial logics, forms, and urban centralities. Intermediary cities  expose facets of this process and reveal new nuances of  urbanization...

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Autor: Silva, William Ribeiro da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Repositorio:Revista Espaço Aberto (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/64405
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/64405
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Medium-Sized Cities
Urban Restructuring
Centrality
Consumption Spaces
Shopping Centers
Cidades Médias
Reestruturação Urbana
Centralidade
Espaços de Consumo
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Sumario:Contemporary economic dynamics and different changes in urban sociability produce conditions that lead to the restructuring processes of cities, altering everyday spatial logics, forms, and urban centralities. Intermediary cities  expose facets of this process and reveal new nuances of  urbanization, the complexity of urban spaces, and the expansion of major real estate capitals in the shopping  center sector. This article seeks to discuss urban restructuring by analyzing consumption spaces in  contemporary medium-sized cities, using bibliographic sources and research results developed. The results indicate an expansion of corporate spatial logics on a national scale and the incorporation of new spatial forms and new issues related to urban centrality.