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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1996.Description: xviii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9280809350
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76098 21
LOC classification:
  • HT334.L29 M44 1996
Other classification:
  • 74.72
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Normal Collection National Defence College (NDC) Library HT334 .L29 M44 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 1354/98
Normal Collection National Defence College (NDC) Library HT334.L29 M44 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4update11830

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.

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