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.
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Metropolitan areas. |
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Latin America. |
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Cities and towns -- Latin America.
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Cities and towns. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Gilbert, Alan, 1944-
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United Nations University.
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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) |
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9780585200248 (electronic book) |
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9280809350 |
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9789280809350 |
Sudoc No. |
[UNU/]UNUP/935 |
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