Mega-city in Latin America (Record no. 79860)
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| fixed length control field | 01467nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-9280809350 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 307.76 GIL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gilbert A |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Mega-city in Latin America |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996 |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | UNU Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Tokyo |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xviii, 282 p. |
| Other physical details | 23 cm ; Pbk |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The Latin American mega-city : an introduction / Alan Gilbert --<br/>Demographic trends in Latin America's metropolises, 1950-1990 / Miguel Villa and Jorge Rodríguez --<br/>Contemporary issues in the government and administration of Latin American mega-cities / Peter Ward --<br/>Land, housing, and infrastructure in Latin America's major cities / Alan Gilbert --<br/>A hundred million journeys a day : the management of transport in Latin America's mega-cities / Oscar Figueroa --<br/>Buenos Aires : a case of deepening social polarization / Luis Ainstein --<br/>Lima : mega-city and mega-problem / Gustavo Riofrío --<br/>Mexico City : no longer a leviathan? / Allison Rowland and Peter Gordon --<br/>Rio de Janeiro : urban expansion and structural change / Hamilton Tolosa --<br/>São Paulo : a growth process full of contradictions / Milton Santos --<br/>Santa Fé de Bogotá : a Latin American special case? / Alan Gilbert. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | <br/>By the year 2010, Latin America will contain five metropolitan areas with more than eight million people. Unfortunately, they also demonstrate many of the worst symptoms of the region's underdevelopment. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | America |
| -- | Sociology |
| -- | Metropolitan areas |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| GSB Collection | 25/03/2010 | 307.76 GIL | 19110 | 29/04/2013 | 21/06/2019 | Books |