Metropolization and regional differentiations: intra-urban structures and metropolitan dynamics in Belém and Manaus

Abstract This article aims to analyze the relationship between metropolis and region in the Brazilian Amazon. Such metropolization process, however, does not reveal a possible particularity at the macro-regional level. The configuration of an economic borderline that spreads in an unbalanced and differentiated way in the Amazon inland is also responsible for the formation of distinct regional metropolitan structures. The metropolises that have been formed there are the product, condition and means of a movement of differentiation that can be exemplified by the differences between the two major agglomerations of the region: Belém and Manaus. Considering elements of the intra-urban structure of these metropolises, the aim is to show the importance and meaning of these formations in view of differentiated processes of production of the space in the region.

摘要 本文旨在剖析巴西亚马逊地区都市与区域之间的关联。然而，此类都市化进程并未展现出宏观区域层面的潜在特殊性。在亚马逊内陆以不均衡、差异化方式扩散的经济边界格局，同样促成了各具特色的区域都市结构的形成。在此形成的都市，均为某一分化运动的产物、条件与途径，该分化运动可通过区域内两大核心城市集聚区贝伦（Belém）与马瑙斯（Manaus）之间的差异得到例证。结合这些都市的城市内部结构要素，本文旨在阐明：鉴于该区域差异化的空间生产进程，此类都市形态的重要性与意义所在。