Da desconcentração à reconcentração: a polarização do desenvolvimento nas cidades médias mineiras – um estudo de caso do norte de Minas

Abstract

The process of decreased development in large cities, which it has been started in the 1970s, culminated in a reconcentration towards the pole cities. Therefore, several medium-sized cities from Minas Gerais used political incentives for their regional development policy, outstandingly Montes Claros (Norte de Minas). The aim of this dissertation is to analyze and understand the effects of the process of concentration of development in the cities of media pole, evidenced by the reorganization of production in the 1970s and, particularly, from the 1990s, considering some areas of medium sized cities from Minas Gerais, focusing on the role of the State, checking developments, positive and negative, of development polarization. In this case, the experience of Montes Claros will be investigated in more depth, correlated with the descriptors for small cities in the North of Minas.