Gilbert, Alan
Mega-city in Latin America / edited by Alan Gilbert. - Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 1996. - xviii, 282 p. ; 24 cm. - United Nations University Programme on Mega-cities and Urban Development .
1. The Latin American mega-city : an introduction / Alan Gilbert -- 2. Demographic trends in Latin America's metropolises, 1950-1990 / Miguel Villa and Jorge Rodriguez -- 3. Contemporary issues in the government and administration of Latin American mega-cities / Peter Ward -- 4. Land, housing , and infrastructure in Latin America's major cities / Alan Gilbert -- 5. A hundred million journeys a day : the management of transport in Latin America's mega-cities / Oscar Figueroa -- 6. Buenos Aires : a case of deepening social polarization / Luis Ainstein -- 7. Lima : mega-city and mega-problem / Gustavo Riofrio -- 8. Mexico City : no longer a leviathan? / Allison Rowland and Peter Gordon -- 9. Rio de Janeiro : urban expansion and structural change / Hamilton Tolosa -- 10. Sao Paulo : a growth process full of contradictions / Milton Santos -- 11. Sante Fe de Bogota : a Latin American special case? / Alan Gilbert.
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LATIN AMERICA
URBAN TRANSPORT
HOUSING
POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN POPULATION
METROPOLITAN AREAS
CITIES
Mega-city in Latin America / edited by Alan Gilbert. - Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 1996. - xviii, 282 p. ; 24 cm. - United Nations University Programme on Mega-cities and Urban Development .
UNU B14905
- Author: Allan Gilbert, Professor, University College London.
1. The Latin American mega-city : an introduction / Alan Gilbert -- 2. Demographic trends in Latin America's metropolises, 1950-1990 / Miguel Villa and Jorge Rodriguez -- 3. Contemporary issues in the government and administration of Latin American mega-cities / Peter Ward -- 4. Land, housing , and infrastructure in Latin America's major cities / Alan Gilbert -- 5. A hundred million journeys a day : the management of transport in Latin America's mega-cities / Oscar Figueroa -- 6. Buenos Aires : a case of deepening social polarization / Luis Ainstein -- 7. Lima : mega-city and mega-problem / Gustavo Riofrio -- 8. Mexico City : no longer a leviathan? / Allison Rowland and Peter Gordon -- 9. Rio de Janeiro : urban expansion and structural change / Hamilton Tolosa -- 10. Sao Paulo : a growth process full of contradictions / Milton Santos -- 11. Sante Fe de Bogota : a Latin American special case? / Alan Gilbert.
9280809350
LATIN AMERICA
URBAN TRANSPORT
HOUSING
POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN POPULATION
METROPOLITAN AREAS
CITIES