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Spatial structure of the economy – the evolution of nodes and networks in South and Central America

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  • Czerny Mirosława

    (Chair of Urban Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, WarsawPoland)

  • Czerny Andrzej

    (Department of Cartography and Geomatics, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin, LublinPoland)

Abstract

The form assumed contemporarily by spatial organization in South and Central America as a network of nodes and spatial linkages represents the outcome for the space of this region of long-acting external influences plus internal conditions that have – at different times in different ways – shaped spatial relationships and the manner in which space in this part of the world is planned. Naturally, the spatial structure of today’s economy is influenced further by globalization, with growing competition for access to resources, be these either mineral deposits or agricultural in nature. These impacts ensure that, notwithstanding the widely-voiced opinion on the need to protect nature in areas of the continent supporting moist tropical forests, and in the high Andes, the governments of the different countries continue to award concessions allowing corporations of global reach to exploit resources of value that are in demand worldwide. This aggressive “resources race” has its serious consequences with regard to the forms and scope the region’s spatial management and organization assume.

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  • Czerny Mirosława & Czerny Andrzej, 2019. "Spatial structure of the economy – the evolution of nodes and networks in South and Central America," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 23(4), pages 225-234, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:23:y:2019:i:4:p:225-234:n:4
    DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0022
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