RECOGNIZING METRÓPOLIS, A STUDY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE REALITY OF MACEIÓ, ALAGOAS, BRAZIL

The objective of this article is to recognize the metropolization process in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, carrying out a synthesis of studies that contain the theme in analysis. In this way, we start from the discussion about the institutionalization of the metropolitan region of Maceió, initially in 19...

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Authors: de Freitas Silva, Paulo Rogério, de Lima Silva, Rostan Antonio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2025
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Portuguese
Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/19755
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/geografica/article/view/19755
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Interpretação
Maceió
Metrópole
Metropolização
interpretation
Metropolis
Metropolization
Interpretácion
Metrópoli
Metropolización
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Summary:The objective of this article is to recognize the metropolization process in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, carrying out a synthesis of studies that contain the theme in analysis. In this way, we start from the discussion about the institutionalization of the metropolitan region of Maceió, initially in 1998 and we seek to reflect, based on the status of capital of the state, the actions that condition the metropolitan process in this place, questioning whether there is this process that catalogs it as a metropolis and what kind of metropolization would that be. We support authors who are dedicated to this discussion and who propose characteristics to define this process in space. We highlight that some activities emerge in Maceió as fundamental to trigger this process and bring the roads that lead to Maceió to the condition of an incomplete metropolis, as it radiates over a space with external contributions, such as, directly, Recife.