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

Guadalupe Hoyos () and Edel Cadena
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Guadalupe Hoyos: Profesora Investigadora de la Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Edel Cadena: Profesor Investigador de la Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.

Revista Nicolaita de Estudios Económicos, 2009, vol. IV, issue 1, 9-40

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.

Keywords: Economical agglomeration; metropolitan areas; productive structure crisis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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