Rainforest cities
Subtitle: urbanization, development, and globalization of the Brazilian Amazon
By: John O. Browder and Brian J. Godfrey.
Contributors: Godfrey, Brian J.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: City planning -- Amazon River Region; Regional planning -- Amazon River Region; Land use, Rural -- Amazon River Region; Land settlement patterns -- Amazon River Region; Amazon River Region -- Social conditions; Amazon River Region -- Economic conditions
Description: "Comprehensive and useful analysis of region's urbanization process. Compares eastern and western segments, and illustrates heterogeneity of urban frontier. Concludes that current theories of urbanization are inappropriate for Amazonian cities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-399) and indexes.