PERIPHERAL URBAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE ICONIC BUILDINGS: THE LOGICAL OF THE GROWTH MACHINE IN NATAL/RN

Authors

  • Eugênio Ribeiro Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v11i2.13186

Keywords:

Growth machine, Peripheral entrepreneurship, Iconic buildings

Abstract

This article is the result of a research on the urban space production of Natal with a focus on its urban icons, from the perspective of what here is called peripheral entrepreneurship. Starting from the classical approach of the city as a growth machine, it’s possible to see the direction that the city has taken in recent years, with the construction of iconic buildings in the most ennobled areas of the city, in other words, in the real estate investment axis. With the analysis of the strategic plans, it became clear that the successive public management choices were linked before to the economic rationality and momentary opportunities, instead to the planning process itself.

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Author Biography

Eugênio Ribeiro Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Mestre em Estudos Urbanos e Regionais pelo PPEUR/UFRN, discente do doutorado em Geografia pelo PPGE/UFRN.

Published

2015-12-02

How to Cite

Silva, E. R. (2015). PERIPHERAL URBAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE ICONIC BUILDINGS: THE LOGICAL OF THE GROWTH MACHINE IN NATAL/RN. GeoTextos, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v11i2.13186