Financiarización, valorización inmobiliaria del capital y mercantilización de la metamorfosis urbana
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2016
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Durante las últimas décadas del siglo pasado, como consecuencia de la imposición de una nueva configuración capitalista estructurada en base al predominio de lo financiero sobre lo productivo, se produjo una ruptura en la dinámica económica dominante que cambió radicalmente el encuadramiento de los procesos sociales que allí se desarrollaban. Bajo el impacto de la financiarización, se desencadenó una metamorfosis, en cuyo transcurso, asociadas a un explosivo aumento de la conectividad y la movilidad, se modificaron las relaciones entre las principales áreas urbanas del mundo, que así pasaron a constituirse en componentes de una Red Urbana Global. Y, al mismo tiempo, en la medida que cada una de esas áreas se articuló a dicha Red, se produjeron sustantivas mutaciones que afectaron su organización, funcionamiento, morfología y paisaje. En virtud de estas mutaciones, la entidad que había sido identificada bajo la denominación de "ciudad", ha tendido a irse diluyendo en ilimitados espacios urbanos, cuya presencia se puede observar en distintas partes del mundo.
Throughout the late decades of the last century, because of the imposition of a new capitalist structure based on the predominance of financial markets over the productive ones, there was a rupture in the dominant economic dynamics, which has radically changed the framework within which the social processes developed. The financialization of the economy has triggered a metamorphosis, during which process, associated with an explosive increase in connectivity and mobility, there was a change in the relations between the major urban areas of the world, which became components of a Global Urban Network. At the same time, insofar as each of these areas has articulated to such Network, substantive mutations have occurred that affected the organization, functioning, morphology and landscape of these areas. Due to these mutations, the entity that had once been designated as “city” tended to have its boundaries blurred across unlimited urban spaces, whose presence can be seen in different parts of the world.
Throughout the late decades of the last century, because of the imposition of a new capitalist structure based on the predominance of financial markets over the productive ones, there was a rupture in the dominant economic dynamics, which has radically changed the framework within which the social processes developed. The financialization of the economy has triggered a metamorphosis, during which process, associated with an explosive increase in connectivity and mobility, there was a change in the relations between the major urban areas of the world, which became components of a Global Urban Network. At the same time, insofar as each of these areas has articulated to such Network, substantive mutations have occurred that affected the organization, functioning, morphology and landscape of these areas. Due to these mutations, the entity that had once been designated as “city” tended to have its boundaries blurred across unlimited urban spaces, whose presence can be seen in different parts of the world.
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Mercantilización, Metamorfosis urbana, Red urbana global, Financiarización, Financialization, Commodification, Urban metamorphosis, Global urban network