O impacto da globalização em São Paulo e a precarização das condições de vida

Abstract

This work analyses the processes that have recently transformed Sao Paulo from an economic and social point of view. When approaching the impact of reorganising the productive system in the location of activities, it seeks to enhance the understanding of the present determinants in the urban space structuring. For this, it retakes the main constitution phases of Sao Paulo as a metropolis during the XX century. It discusses the present stalemates of the economic modernisation and the deterioration of living conditions.