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The mega-city in Latin America / edited by Alan Gilbert. - Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1996. - xviii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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: 9280809350

LCCN: 97229462

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Metropolitan areas--Latin America.
Cities and towns--Latin America.

LC Class. No.: HT334.L29 / M44 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76098