The territorial structuring of the Biobío Region: another pending challenge

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  • FEDERICO ARENAS Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Keywords:

Territorial structuring, urban systems, Greater Concepción, development

Abstract

This paper analyzes the situation of the Biobío Region in terms of its territorial structuring, on the basis of a review of the evolution of its urban system, the specialization of certain spaces and its infrastructure, taking into account that infrastructure can favor or slow down (if not accompany) its development. The growth of Greater Concepción in recent decades, as well as the persistence of certain intra-regional contrasts, seem to demonstrate that this metropolitan center exerts a sufficient attraction on men and wealth, facilitating a growth that occurs in "quasi-key" conditions, not allowing the structuring of solid regional ties that would ensure the region's transit towards conditions of greater development.

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Author Biography

FEDERICO ARENAS, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Trabajo basado en la experiencia del autor como miembro del equipo que elaboró el documento "La Región del Biobío al Encuentro del Siglo XXI". CEPAL-ILPES, PNUD, MIDEPLAN, Concepción, diciembre de 1990.

Experto Ministerio de Planificación y Profesor del Instituto de Geografía de la Universidad Católica de Chile

Published

1992-01-01

How to Cite

ARENAS, F. (1992). The territorial structuring of the Biobío Region: another pending challenge. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (19), 83–88. Retrieved from https://pensamientoeducativo.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/40505

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