Regional Planning in the State of São Paulo: Hubs, Axes and the Region of the Production Vectors

Abstract

The text analyzes how regional planning in the State of São Paulo, between 1910 and 1980, structured the territory into urban hubs and highway axes and contributed to the formation of a favourable space for development - the Region of the Production Vectors. For this analysis, the object of study is defined as the relationship between the actions of state planning and the urbanization process in São Paulo. Our theoretical references were obtained from the concepts of economic geography and growth poles. For the method of analysis, we produced a cartography, as yet unpublished, overlapping the main planning actions undertaken in the state of São Paulo, throughout the 20th century, through the idea of ​​roughness by Milton Santos. From this analysis it was possible to identify how the different layers of planning that focused on the territorial organization of São Paulo during the twentieth century are representative of a national pattern of planning and development that has contributed to the process of urban dispersion.

Keywords:
Regional Planning; State of São Paulo; Hubs; Axes; Region of Production Vectors