Rainforest Cities

By John O. Browder and Brian J. Godfrey

Book Overview

Amazonia has undergone a significant urban transformation since the late 1970s. This is the first comprehensive analysis of urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. Drawing on comparative household and sectoral survey research, the authors find that the growth of Amazon cities fits no single current theory of urbanization; instead they propose a pluralistic theory of "disarticulated urbanization" to explain the region's varied and volatile settlement patterns.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231106556
• ISBN13: 9780231106559
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher