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Title:

The mega-city in Latin America / edited by Alan Gilbert.

Publisher:

United Nations University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

xviii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Metropolitan areas--Latin America.
Cities and towns--Latin America.

Other Authors:

Gilbert, Alan, 1944-
United Nations University.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9789280809350
9280809350

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35988156

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 307.76098 M472

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)