This paper addresses the fraught relationships among commodity trade, urban economic development and the environment in the world’s largest rainforest reserve, in a historical narrative fashion. The conceptual framework in which we position this narrative is provided by Hesse (2010), in the “site” and “situation” dimensions of the interaction between places or locales on the one hand, and material flows or global value chains on the other. It is argued that the assemblage of both site and situation is what shapes the wealth of cities. The case study of Manaus and Belém shows how the rapid urbanization of the Amazon rainforest is accompanied by the growth of shipping as “new” commodities are being extracted from the jungle interior.Este trab...
While the understanding about the meaning of urban sustainability evolves in Brazil, market practice...
Results from investigations on Amazonian cities are presented in five articleswhich appear in this n...
This paper argues the industrial concentration, increasing and modernization port dynamics in the Ba...
This paper addresses the fraught relationships among commodity trade, urban economic development and...
This paper addresses the fraught relationships among commodity trade, urban economic development and...
<p>There are few dynamic cities in the Amazon. Those that exist are located in<br />strategic places...
This article treats the economic history and the process of urbanization inan Amazonian city. Differ...
Manaus is located in the heart of the world’s largest rainforest. With more than 2 million inhabitan...
Currently, in Brazil, the primary sector and large capital come together as so-called engines of the...
The Brazilian Amazon has been undergoing a process of population growth and urbanization in recent d...
Reterritorialization of diverse populations located today in Amazon cities (mainly in extensive outs...
O artigo trata do avanço da fronteira de commodities na Amazônia brasileira no período 2000-2019. Se...
Deforestation is one of the main problems of the Amazon. The explanation of the causes of this envir...
The late nineteenth and early twentieth century Amazon rubber-boom fueled a rapid economic and popul...
Exploring the results of research on the relationship between urban agglomeration and the Brazilian ...
While the understanding about the meaning of urban sustainability evolves in Brazil, market practice...
Results from investigations on Amazonian cities are presented in five articleswhich appear in this n...
This paper argues the industrial concentration, increasing and modernization port dynamics in the Ba...
This paper addresses the fraught relationships among commodity trade, urban economic development and...
This paper addresses the fraught relationships among commodity trade, urban economic development and...
<p>There are few dynamic cities in the Amazon. Those that exist are located in<br />strategic places...
This article treats the economic history and the process of urbanization inan Amazonian city. Differ...
Manaus is located in the heart of the world’s largest rainforest. With more than 2 million inhabitan...
Currently, in Brazil, the primary sector and large capital come together as so-called engines of the...
The Brazilian Amazon has been undergoing a process of population growth and urbanization in recent d...
Reterritorialization of diverse populations located today in Amazon cities (mainly in extensive outs...
O artigo trata do avanço da fronteira de commodities na Amazônia brasileira no período 2000-2019. Se...
Deforestation is one of the main problems of the Amazon. The explanation of the causes of this envir...
The late nineteenth and early twentieth century Amazon rubber-boom fueled a rapid economic and popul...
Exploring the results of research on the relationship between urban agglomeration and the Brazilian ...
While the understanding about the meaning of urban sustainability evolves in Brazil, market practice...
Results from investigations on Amazonian cities are presented in five articleswhich appear in this n...
This paper argues the industrial concentration, increasing and modernization port dynamics in the Ba...