Boom city! Regional resource peripheries and urban economic development in Chile. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rehner, Johannes; Murray, Warwick E.; Rodriguez, Sebastián; Overton, John
• Is Part Of: Area development and policy. Volume 5:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 305
• Page End: 323
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: economic geography -- urban economy -- economic restructuring -- regional resource peripheries -- commodity boom -- Chile; 经济地理学 -- 城市经济 -- 经济结构调整 -- 区域资源外围 -- 商品繁荣 -- 智利; geografía económica -- economía urbana -- reestructuración económica -- periferias de recursos regionales -- auge de productos básicos -- Chile; Экономическая география -- городская экономика -- экономическая реструктуризация -- региональная ресурсная периферия -- сырьевой бум -- Чили; Regional planning -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Human geography -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2019.1680298
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2949

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Although most studies of resource peripheries are macroeconomic in scale, a regional perspective permits a better understanding of the economic implications of commodity dependence. This study of the boom in commodity exports in Chile in the period 2005–15 shows that while a boom may have adverse effects on other activities, it also had positive impacts on the demand for 'non-tradable' construction, commerce and hospitality services in urban areas through the investment of economic rents and expansion of the secondary circuit of capital. These impacts differed significantly between booming and non-booming cities, leading to a call for rescaling, spatializing and temporalizing research on resource peripheries.