Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.