Circuitos da economia urbana em São Luís: da difusão de empresas de plataforma de entrega de alimentos por aplicativos ao acoplamento de estabelecimentos comerciais locais

Abstract

This work presents and discusses research results about establishments commercial areas (bars, restaurants and snack bars) that operate with delivery and are coupled to digital app food delivery platform companies in São Luís, MA. Its general objective is to investigate and understand the interdependence of circuits of the urban economy of São Luís based on the coupling between these establishments and the global and national platform companies. And as specific objectives: 1) contextualize the phenomenon and expansion of food delivery companies in São Luís; 2) discuss the updating the circuits of the urban economy and the interdependence between lower and lower circuits higher due to the performance of food delivery companies via apps; 3) interpret the implications related to the uses of Ludovicense territory by the circuits of urban economy. We conclude that platform companies put pressure on the urban economy of places, nourished by a psychosphere created for the acceptance of a specific technosphere of this segment