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The Latin American City
Stella Lowder,Alan Gilbert +1 more
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This article is published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.The article was published on 1994-01-01. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Latin American studies & Latin Americans.read more
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Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Risk
TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrate information from both economics and the physical sciences to survey the effects of natural disasters in the region and find an appropriate mix of local, national and market-based solutions.
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Constructing ordinary places: Place-making in urban informal settlements in Mexico
TL;DR: This paper used a place-making approach to explore the spatial, social and cultural construction of place in this context, in order to unsettle some of the assumptions underlying discursive constructions of informal settlements, and how these relate to spatial and social marginalisation.
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Population Dynamics in Latin America
TL;DR: The Population Bulletin this article examines major demographic trends in Latin America during the second half of the 20th century and highlights the demographic variations among Latin American countries, focusing on 18 Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere plus Brazil and Haiti.
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Reversing privatization, rebalancing government reform: Markets, deliberation and planning
TL;DR: The reverse privatization process is not a return to the direct public monopoly delivery model of old, but instead it heralds the emergence of a new balanced position which combines use of markets, deliberation and planning to reach decisions which may be both efficient and more socially optimal as discussed by the authors.
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Serving the unserved: informal refuse collection in Mexico.
TL;DR: Analysis of informal refuse collection in three Mexican cities argues that it can supplement municipal collection, create jobs, benefit the economy and help clean up the urban environment.
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Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Risk
TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrate information from both economics and the physical sciences to survey the effects of natural disasters in the region and find an appropriate mix of local, national and market-based solutions.
Journal ArticleDOI
Constructing ordinary places: Place-making in urban informal settlements in Mexico
TL;DR: This paper used a place-making approach to explore the spatial, social and cultural construction of place in this context, in order to unsettle some of the assumptions underlying discursive constructions of informal settlements, and how these relate to spatial and social marginalisation.
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Population Dynamics in Latin America
TL;DR: The Population Bulletin this article examines major demographic trends in Latin America during the second half of the 20th century and highlights the demographic variations among Latin American countries, focusing on 18 Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere plus Brazil and Haiti.
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Reversing privatization, rebalancing government reform: Markets, deliberation and planning
TL;DR: The reverse privatization process is not a return to the direct public monopoly delivery model of old, but instead it heralds the emergence of a new balanced position which combines use of markets, deliberation and planning to reach decisions which may be both efficient and more socially optimal as discussed by the authors.
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Serving the unserved: informal refuse collection in Mexico.
TL;DR: Analysis of informal refuse collection in three Mexican cities argues that it can supplement municipal collection, create jobs, benefit the economy and help clean up the urban environment.