TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilbert A
TI  - Mega-city in Latin America
SN  - 978-9280809350
U1  - 307.76 GIL 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - UNU Press
KW  - America
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Metropolitan areas
N1  - 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
N2  - 	
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.
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