From the colonial genesis to the informational techno-scientific environment:

reflecting about the evolution of industrial activity in the territory of Alagoas

Abstract

The analysis of the historical formation is configured as essential to the understanding of the current territorial configuration of Alagoas. Thus, the objective is to analyze elements of the evolution of industrial activity considering the formation of space in Alagoas from its occupation processes and the development of the main productive activities. For this, it used a methodology anchored in bibliographic and documental research. Achieving mainly the following results: a) the current socioeconomic conditions of the territory of Alagoas result from its formative process based on the favoring of local oligarchies; b) the evolution of economic activities in Alagoas resulted in constant transformations in social structures, in the organization of the urban network and in the circulation of goods, people and information; c) the technical advances and modernizations that allowed the renewal of the materialities in the territory of Alagoas were decisive for the economic advances achieved throughout its territorial formation; and d) the context of Alagoas in the beginning of the 21st century presents important possibilities to be considered in territorial planning, with emphasis on local initiatives of the various economic and social segments, needing the activism of the State to grow solidly.