Latin American Urban Development Into the 21st Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City

By Dennis Rodgers, Jo Beall, S M Ravi Kanbur

Book Overview

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 expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134935077X
• ISBN13: 9781349350773
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"