Resumen

DAMIANI, Amélia Luisa. La urbanización crítica en la metrópoli de São Paulo, a partir de fundamentos de la geografía urbana. Rev. geogr. Norte Gd. [online]. 2010, n.46, pp. 29-43. ISSN 0718-3402.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-34022010000200002.

Over time the city has been involved in constant changes related with its diversity, processes and internal structure. As urban reality, the concepts of urban geography as a discipline shows a metamorphosis based on the agitation of urban reality. This investigation aims to update the geographical literature, without extreme simplifications and including as much perspectives as possible. Pierre George gives and extraordinary example about the extension of that knowledge, abruptly become obsolete.

Palabras llave : Concepts of urban geography; empirical urbanization; critical urbanization.