  The aim of this paper is to analyze the processes of polarization and
agglomeration, to explain the mechanisms and causes of these phenomena in order
to identify similarities and differences. As the main implication of this study
should be noted that both process pretend to explain the concentration of
economic activity and population in certain places, through cumulative
phenomena, but with different perspectives, in other words, the polarization
with a view of economic development and agglomeration with a perspective of
space.
