Rainforest Cities - Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon

Informationen zum Autor John O. Browder and Brian Godfrey Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Autori: John Browder, John Godfrey Browder, John O. Browder, John O. Godfrey Browder, Brian Godfrey, Brian J. Godfrey, Godfrey Brian
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.07.1997
• EAN: 9780231106559
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10655-9
• Pagine: 424
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Brazil, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban communities, Development Studies, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Urban communities / city life