Suchergebnisse

Using her capital, San Juan de Puerto Rico as its model, the paper describes city and territorial planning in Puerto Rico over the five centuries that separate the 16"C. From the present day, in doing so, taking into account both that Spanish constructive heritage and those North American influences upon the same that have been part and parcel of the country' s social and urban history. The author for this makes use of research done at archives in both in Spain and Puerto Rico as well as of maps of the island's city lay outs hitherto unavailable. With respect to Spanish colonial period, the legislation that had a bearing upon the establishing of those zones that have since become the historical planning framework are closely studied. The author gives an up-dated bibliography of studies in his field and points up matters that he feels warrant further study. That from which much might be learnt along with that which best might serve as a warning as to city and territorial planning both culled from her history are underlined as being together that which could be called the island 's live planning memory ; El artículo reseña cinco siglos de urbanismo puertorriqueño desde el siglo XVI al presente y se enfoca en su capital, San Juan de Puerto Rico. En ese recorrido se examinan la herencia constructiva española y las influencias norteamericanas que han marcado la historia social y urbana del país. El autor se sirve de la investigación en archivos de Puerto Rico y España y de la interpretación de planos inéditos de los espacios urbanos puertorriqueños. Para el período colonial español examina la legislación que influenció la creación de los espacios que hoy son los tejidos históricos. El autor anota la bibliografia reciente sobre el tema y va señalando asuntos que requieren futura investigación. Las buenas lecciones y los malos ejemplos de la historia están plasmados en el territorio nacional como memoria viva de la tradición urbana.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration: Puerto Rico's Place in the Caribbean -- Chapter 1. Island Paradox: Puerto Rico in the 1990s -- Chapter 2. Population Growth and Demographic Changes -- Chapter 3. Migration between Puerto Rico and the United States -- Chapter 4. The Socioeconomic Transformation: Income, Poverty, and Education -- Chapter 5. The Labor Market and the Unemployment Crisis -- Chapter 6. Immigration and the Population Born outside Puerto Rico -- Chapter 7. The Puerto Rican Population in the United States

José La Luz is a leader of the AFL‐CIO's campaign to organize 150,000 government workers in Puerto Rico. This is the AFL‐CIO's largest organizing effort in recent history.