Competitive modernization and the Pacém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP): Rearrangements in territorial and economic dynamics

Abstract

In the movement of economic and productive restructuring promoting the expansion of international flows, multi-localized productive stages prevail as a new standard of organization with the emergence of a global production network. New infrastructure equipment starts to be designed promoting dynamic regional development arrangements. This work aims to analyze the connections between infrastructure, economy and territory in the State of Ceará, given by the conception of Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), located in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante, Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. The research is of a character and data from CEARÁPORTOS, the Government Company responsible for the management of CIPP and other government agencies were used. It was observed that the constitution of a modern port, with high capacity, having locational advantages and incentives created for investments in foreign trade, give important connections between infrastructure, economy and territory in this Brazilian state, promoting its competitive insertion in the context of the global economy.