title: Metropolitan fragmentation and neo-localism in the periphery: revisiting the case of Curitiba.
abstract: In this paper, the Curitiba-centred narrative on the success of its urban planning experience will be qualified in light of the complexities of its metropolitan development trajectory. It will be claimed that the institutional vacuum that surrounds Brazilian metropolitan areas in general, and Greater Curitiba in particular, has been intensified by the emergence of a competitive and decentralised state spatial regime, which has consolidated a fragmented and neo-localist system of governance. Preliminary empirical evidence will be provided on the challenges that are being faced within the new regime in articulating socio-spatial, economic and environmental strategies in the direction of a more sustainable metropolitan future.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences, Federal University of the ABC region, São Paulo.
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klink
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Denaldi
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D002947:Cities / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002958:City Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004467:Economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009111:Local Government / Q000266:history; D011640:Public Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014506:Urban Renewal / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence