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