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This study attempts to assess the impact of municipal internationalism for cities and towns involved in more comprehensive types of global interchange. Focusing on two Canadian-sponsored linkages - involving the cities of Lethbridge (Alberta) and Ica (Peru), and Toronto (Ontario) and Sao Paulo (Brazil), respectively - the study supports the findings of earlier research which reveals that intensive...
There is little research literature that sheds light on how community-based organizations (CBOs) in the shelter sector contribute to development. This paper describes the results of an analysis of information contained in 30 case studies of housing CBOs, representing 16 countries and covering the period 1964 to 1994. A framework is employed for the analysis that incorporates both internal characteristics...
Growing one's own food is an important survival strategy, so it shouldn't be surprising that many urbanites produce food, even in congested cities. Urban agriculture concerns such farming as animal husbandry, the growing of fruit trees, crops of basic grains and horticulture, which coexist in the city with tree crops, and the raising of rabbits, poultry, or other stock.With regard to the edible areas,...
This paper examines the use of urban space by dairy production activities in two areas of Mexico City with different degrees of urbanization (east and south). These activities have adapted to the recent urban conditions, from an original rural state. Dairy production is carried out in the house area, and producers pay for urban services as other residents. In the eastern zone, the activity is the...
The reform program implemented in Argentina a decade ago became emblematic of how neo-liberal policies could bring about miraculous economic recovery. Thus, the recent collapse of Argentina's economy has called into question the sustainability of the neo-liberal development model adopted by most Latin American countries during the 1990s. By examining Argentina's municipal and housing policies during...
The conurbation of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, the highest seat of government in the world, can be described as an indigenous urban center overlooking a colonial city. In this metropolitan area of 1.4 million people, location and altitude accurately predict class and ethnicity as well as the level of city services, demonstrating how social relations adapt to and shape the built environment. This...
Over the last decades, in the main Chilean cities the development of residential quarters with restricted access increased remarkably. This trend has occurred parallel to the construction of various features that significantly modified the organization of urban space: privatised highways, large retail centers and enclaves of advanced services. This article analyses these elements on the basis of geographical...
The academic literature on Brazilian cities focuses overwhelmingly upon the metropolises of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. While fruitful in its own right, this research confronts scholars of Latin American cities elsewhere with two ongoing limitations: (1) Despite estimates that nearly one quarter of Brazil’s urban population inhabits the conurbation of Rio and São Paulo, at least 75% of urban space...
This article describes the change in border dynamics of the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo U.S.–Mexican border during the first decade of the 21st century. While the sharing and blending of cultures has long been considered an integral part of the regional identity, publicity related to crime in Mexico and fear of the potential for spillover crime has created a significant degree of separation between the two...
Data from the World Values Survey and AmericasBarometer are used in ordinal logistic models to evaluate life satisfaction in rural and urban areas in Latin America. Our findings indicate that, unlike the United States, in Latin America there is no evidence of rural–urban happiness differences. In Latin America familism is the key driving force, aspatial and transcending location.
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