The productive restructuring and consolidation of the new vectors of territorial development: the case of the Perimetrical Development Vector of the São Paulo Macrometropolis

Abstract

This paper analyzes the conception of the Vetor de Desenvolvimento Perimetral (Perimetrical Development Vector) of the São Paulo Macrometropolis as a linear axis of regional planning, which has been privileged by the spatial reorganization of the productive structure of the State of São Paulo. The collected data demonstrates that the state planning agencies have made huge investments in the interregional transport infrastructures, in order to provide this regional axis - between Sorocaba, Campinas, São José dos Campos and the port of São Sebastião - with excellent conditions to attract the most modern sectors of contemporary industry to the location, and thus consolidate it as the main corridor of production and flow of goods related to the new industrial standards.

Keywords:
Productive corridor; Regional axes; São Paulo Macrometropolis; Productive restructuring; Perimetrical Development Vector