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

Publication Info. Tokyo : United Nations University Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Metropolitan areas -- Latin America.
Metropolitan areas.
Latin America.
Cities and towns -- Latin America.
Cities and towns.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gilbert, Alan, 1944-
United Nations University.
Other Form: Print version: Gilbert, Alan. Mega-city in Latin America. Tokyo : United Nations University Press, ©1996 9280809350 (DLC) 97229462 (OCoLC)35988156
ISBN 0585200246 (electronic book)
9780585200248 (electronic book)
9280809350
9789280809350
Sudoc No. [UNU/]UNUP/935