Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana

At the end of the twentieth century there were hundreds of cities of one million inhabitants or more. In 1990 there were only a dozen of these. Growth and demographic concentration on these kind of urban agglomerations will continue mainly in the developing countries during the present century. It i...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Boris Graizbord
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2007
Materias:	megacities city size urban growth concentration and population growth Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Geography (General) G1-922
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/41c294f9b1af4b45b366d1a40a0647d4
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:41c294f9b1af4b45b366d1a40a0647d4
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:41c294f9b1af4b45b366d1a40a0647d42021-11-11T15:14:32ZMegaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana0188-46112448-7279https://doaj.org/article/41c294f9b1af4b45b366d1a40a0647d42007-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56906309https://doaj.org/toc/0188-4611https://doaj.org/toc/2448-7279At the end of the twentieth century there were hundreds of cities of one million inhabitants or more. In 1990 there were only a dozen of these. Growth and demographic concentration on these kind of urban agglomerations will continue mainly in the developing countries during the present century. It is expected that three out of four from the 4 000 million new inhabitants in the world will settle in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the next half century.In this paper a description of the world distribution of these cities is presented. A reference is made to the case of Mexico and the growth of megacities and the factors explaining it follows. The text ends with some thoughts about the urban and environmental policy implications that these cities will have in developing countries and in Mexico in particular.Boris GraizbordUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicoarticlemegacitiescity sizeurban growthconcentration and population growthGeography. Anthropology. RecreationGGeography (General)G1-922ENESInvestigaciones Geográficas, Iss 63, Pp 125-140 (2007)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN ES
topic	megacities city size urban growth concentration and population growth Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Geography (General) G1-922
spellingShingle	megacities city size urban growth concentration and population growth Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Geography (General) G1-922 Boris Graizbord Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
description	At the end of the twentieth century there were hundreds of cities of one million inhabitants or more. In 1990 there were only a dozen of these. Growth and demographic concentration on these kind of urban agglomerations will continue mainly in the developing countries during the present century. It is expected that three out of four from the 4 000 million new inhabitants in the world will settle in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the next half century.In this paper a description of the world distribution of these cities is presented. A reference is made to the case of Mexico and the growth of megacities and the factors explaining it follows. The text ends with some thoughts about the urban and environmental policy implications that these cities will have in developing countries and in Mexico in particular.
format	article
author	Boris Graizbord
author_facet	Boris Graizbord
author_sort	Boris Graizbord
title	Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
title_short	Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
title_full	Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
title_fullStr	Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
title_full_unstemmed	Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
title_sort	megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana
publisher	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
publishDate	2007
url	https://doaj.org/article/41c294f9b1af4b45b366d1a40a0647d4
work_keys_str_mv	AT borisgraizbord megaciudadesglobalizacionyviabilidadurbana
_version_	1718436265901162496

Megaciudades, globalización y viabilidad urbana

Ejemplares similares