Abstract
The current technical-scientific-informational period is fundamental to understand urban and industrial restructuring. This study evidences the metamorphoses in the metropolitan space of Fortaleza, ongoing in recent decades, with an emphasis on the process of industrialization, reflecting on the public and private policies that create favorable conditions for the amplified reproduction of capitalism. With the guiding question about how industrial activity participates in the production of metropolitan space, touching on the issue of management and planning of this space and the State's role, we use secondary data, notably from the Institute for Research and Economic Strategy of Ceará (IPECE), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Federation of Industries of the State of Ceará (FIEC),which together with the field research and the literature permitted the analysis of the results.
Key words:
Urban Space; Industry; Metropolis of Fortaleza
