Genesis and dynamics of urban agglomerations frontier: Uruguaiana and Paso de los Libres, Corumbá, Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarro, Foz do Iguaçu, Ciudad del Este and Puerto Iguazú

Abstract

The article analyzes the economic and social dynamics of the urban agglomerations frontiers of Uruguaiana and Paso de los Libres, Corumbá, Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarro and Foz do Iguaçu, Ciudad del Este and Puerto Iguazú. We sought to understand the regional singularities of urban agglomerations in relation to the genesis and evolution of their centers, to raise and characterize the economic activities of agglomerations at different times. It was verified that, even with distinct colonization processes, Brazil and the frontier countries had socio-spatial formations constituted of similar elements, but that their own characteristics, linked to the frontier location, distinguish agglomerations from the rest of their respective national territories.