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Back to Capitals to Better Understand Urban Policies

ABSTRACT

This article develops the concept of urban capitals departing from the relevant literatures, specifying their subtypes, cycles of valorization and their relations with the State and urban space. Then the article reviews critically the most important explanations for their importance in urban policies, and finishes by discussing their role in the production of space in Brazilian cities.

KEYWORDS:
capitals; Brazilian cities; private companies; public policies; state

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