NETWORKS, COHESION AND FRAGMENTATION OF METROPOLITAN AREA

In contemporary society the production of urban space is constituted as the new center of accumulation and has the ability to provide survival to capitalist relations. Therefore, the question of space emerges with great emphasis. The contribution of Lefebvre, with regard to space, is highlighted and preceded by the question: why Lefebvre fascinated geographers? Special attention is given to the triad proposed by Lefebvre to the understanding of space in modern society, where space is homogeneous, fragmented and hierarchical. We discuss also the networks seen as mediations, but also as moments of production and producing a new space. Through them ensures continuity in discontinuity, unity, fragmentation.