%0 Journal Article %T Identifica£¿£¿o e an¨¢lise espacial das aglomera£¿£¿es produtivas do setor de confec£¿£¿es na regi£¿o Sul %A Rodrigues %A Marcos Aurelio %A Monteiro %A Waleska de F¨¢tima %A Campos %A Antonio Carlos de %A Parr¨¦ %A Jos¨¦ Luiz %J Economia Aplicada %D 2012 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S1413-80502012000200005 %X the aim of this paper is to identify and analyze the evolution of productive agglomerations in the southern brazil's clothing sector. two factors underpin the methodological procedure: geographic proximity and sectoral concentration, combined by spatial concentration analysis. the first one by exploratory spatial data analysis, and the second by constructing the normalized concentration index. the results show: positive spillover of the agglomerations beyond municipal and even state boundaries; remarkable progress for the state of paran¨¢, as much in spillover as in concentration; stability in spillover to the clusters' municipalities, but with strong concentration, in the state of santa catarina. %K local productive agglomerations %K concentration index %K exploratory spatial data analysis. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-80502012000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en