A economia metropolitana e os seus impactos regionais em Portugal: uma análise espacial exploratória de Lisboa, Porto e Coimbra

Abstract

This article analyses the regional impacts of the metropolitan economies of Portugal, therefore, focusing the agglomerations of Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra. Theoretically, the study used the keys of development of cities approach - economic, institutional, social interactions and political - and the concept of circular and cumulative causation. We operate with an exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) - Moran's I statistics - and can establish the different spatial patterns of productivity variable. We conclude that in the Portuguese territory there are spatial relations among regions. Then, we determinate agglomerations of low economic performance in the inner country. In the case of metropolises, Porto and Coimbra do not present important spatial relationships with their surrounding regions. In Lisbon observed a positive performance in an inner agglomeration, hence, without impacts on its regional neighbourhood. In conclusion, there is a low structuration of regional economy in the country.