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Crisis de la aglomeración económica. Las zonas metropolitanas de México, 1988-2003

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  • Hoyos, Guadalupe

    (Profesora Investigadora de la Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México)

  • Cadena, Edel

    (Profesor Investigador de la Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.)

Abstract

This article examines the situation of the economical agglomeration having as study units the metropolitan areas during the period of 1988 to 2003. The process and capacity of these areas are analyzed from the perspective of the new economical geography, including the concentration, productivity and spatial organization. The fundamental result is the crisis of the economical agglomeration. On one hand, metropolitan areas with more than a million of inhabitants show inefficiency for production, meaning important losses in economic, as well as inefficiency for the increasing metropolization of the population. On the other hand, the productive restructuring creating a structural crisis that leads to a geographic reorganization in medium sizes, with a weak productive strength.

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  • Hoyos, Guadalupe & Cadena, Edel, 2009. "Crisis de la aglomeración económica. Las zonas metropolitanas de México, 1988-2003," Revista Nicolaita de Estudios Económicos, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Empresariales, vol. 0(1), pages 9-40.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:rnicee:0006
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    Keywords

    Economical agglomeration; metropolitan areas; productive structure crisis.;
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    JEL classification:

    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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