Abstract

PADILLA Y SOTELO, Lilia Susana. Territorial dynamics of the main banking institutions in the Baja California peninsula: structure and interrelations. Invest. Geog [online]. 2001, n.45, pp.167-183. ISSN 2448-7279.

This research analyzes the territorial distribution of the main banking institutions within the Baja California peninsula's urban space. It starts by providing a background on the spatial organization of banking institutions in the study area and their relationship within the national context, stressing their borderline location. The location-focused analysis, through examining the territorial distribution of the 158 bank offices from the seven main Institutions, allows to detect a considerable concentration in small and mid-sized urban towns located to the north. Also, banks tend to be located at the most populated towns having differential behaviors. Since this aspect is related to the economic activity that takes place in them, these towns have become preferential spaces, resulting in territorial unbalances. The cities of Tijuana and Mexicali stand out, followed to a lesser extent by La Paz and Ensenada, The territorial distribution of banking institutions in Baja California follows the same behavior pattern as the one that occurs at a national level, i.e. location according to the specific area of specialty.

Keywords : Urban locality; banking institutions; spatial concentration.

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