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A. Magrini & E. M. Montez

Abstract

Subsidies for the re-design of the industrial location in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region through cooperatives initiatives A. Magrini & E. M. Montez Energy Planning Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Abstract The purpose of this paper is to indicate some initiatives ushering in changes in the configuration of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region Industrial Zoning System. During the last twenty years, the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (RJMR) has suffered many modifications: a high urban concentration process, an increasing number of land conflicts, the construction of important highways and infrastructure devices and the growing deterioration of environmental quality. In this period, the industrial location was based on an industrial zoning developed in 1976. Today, the industrial settlement of the RJMR reflects its disorderly development, shown by tightly clustered industries outside industrial zones, as well as the use of areas defined as industrial zo

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