Buenos Aires: Global Dreams, Local Crises

By David J. Keeling

Buenos Aires is a city of contrasts. The most southerly of the world's great metropolises, it dominates the Argentine urban system, but is relatively isolated from the rest of Latin America and the global economic and political system. The archetypal elegance and social sophistication of the Paris of the South is set against a problem of poor housing, social deprivation and suburban sprawl. As Argentina struggles to maintain a democracy, the future stability of the region depends on how this vital, varied and vulnerable city comes to terms with the need to restructure in the face of economic, environmental and demographic crises.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471949353
• ISBN13: 9780471949350
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Academy Editions Ltd
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"