Rapid development as a factor of imbalance in urban growth of cities in Latin America: A perspective based on territorial indicators

Habitat International

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 127-142

  García Ayllón, Salvador ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accelerated development; City growth patterns; Cityscape transformation; Latin America migrations; Unsustainable urban plot; Urbanization pathologies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MEGACITY; PERIURBAN AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84992695910     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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