Monograph on urban development and urban area growth rate in Latin America - covers geographical aspects and historical development of latin American towns, the
By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented
A growing number of cities around the world have established systems for monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective informati
Gilbert (geography, University College, London) examines the reasons for and consequences of the mass movement from country to city and the enormous strain plac
This book contains chapters on each of Latin America's six large cities (Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, and Santa Fé de Bogotá).