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The mega-city in Latin America / edited by Alan Gilbert. [electronic resource]

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gilbert, Alan, 1944-
United Nations University.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Urbanization--Latin America.
Urbanization.
Urban cores--Latin America.
Urban cores.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Cities and towns.
Latin America--Population.
Latin America.
Metropolitan areas--South America.
Metropolitan areas.
Metropolitan areas--Latin America.
Cities and towns--Latin America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 282 p. ) ill., maps ;
Place of Publication:
Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 1996
Language Note:
English
Contents:
The Latin American mega-city : an introduction / Alan Gilbert
Demographic trends in Latin America's metropolises, 1950-1990 / Miguel Villa and Jorge Rodríguez
Contemporary issues in the government and administration of Latin American mega-cities / Peter Ward
Land, housing, and infrastructure in Latin America's major cities / Alan Gilbert
A hundred million journeys a day : the management of transport in Latin America's mega-cities / Oscar Figueroa
Buenos Aires : a case of deepening social polarization / Luis Ainstein
Lima : mega-city and mega-problem / Gustavo Riofrío
Mexico City : no longer a leviathan? / Allison Rowland and Peter Gordon
Rio de Janeiro : urban expansion and structural change / Hamilton Tolosa
São Paulo : a growth process full of contradictions / Milton Santos
Santa Fé de Bogotá : a Latin American special case? / Alan Gilbert.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
ISBN:
0-585-20024-6

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