The mega-city in Latin America
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The mega-city in Latin America
（UNUP, 935）
United Nations University Press, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
By the year 2010, Latin America will contain five metropolitan areas with more then eight million people. Their combined population will be over 70 million, and approximately one Latin American in seven will live in those five cities. The sheer number of people living in these mega-cities is not the only reason for looking at them carefully. Unfortunately, they also demonstrate many of the worst symptoms of the region's underdevelopment: vast areas of shanty towns, huge numbers of poor people, high concentrations of air and water pollution, and serious levels of traffic congestion. This book is about the prospects for their future.
Table of Contents
- The Latin American mega-city - an introduction
- demographic trends in Latin America's metropolises
- contemporary issues in the government and administration of Latin America mega-cities
- land, housing and infrastructure in Latin America's major cities
- 100 million journeys a day - the management of transport in Latin America's mega-cities
- Beunos Aires - a case for deepening social polarization
- Lima - mega-city and mega-problem
- Mexico City - no longer a leviathan?
- Rio de Janeiro - urban expansion and change
- Sao Paulo - a growth process full of contradictions
- Santa Fe de Bogota - a Latin American special case?
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