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The writers hold to a close study of the city in the Third World and two determining of this: Porverty and a Lack of any Democratic Traditions. The first is held to lead to the soaring uncontrolled ob quotas found here; the second to data that cannot thus be relied upon even though its equivalent in our circumstances still can be. The attempt to transplant institutional models from the First to the Third World, besides its many other defeats, is also shown to have failed when applied to a control of ground space, especially with reference to urbanism. The paper holds that a possible method of meeting this situation might be found through the aiding, councilling and advising of extra-legal «Urbanizcrs». ; Insisten los autores en la línea del estudio de la ciudad en el tercer mundo, y en los dos datos que tan negativamente la determinan: la pobreza y la falta de tradición democrática. Lo primero, origina un altísimo porcentaje de trabajo extralegal: lo segundo, la inadecuación de las figuras de gobierno local que aquí consideramos válidas. El intento de transplantar instituciones del primer al tercer mundo, absolutamente fracasado, se ha manifestado, también. en la tenencia de la tierra, lo que se traduce negativamente en cl campo del urbanismo. Una vía de acercamiento a la solución estaría en la ayuda, asesoramiento y orientación a los autoconstructores.

"Monumental work by leading urban historians represents substantial revision of Impacto de la urbanización en los centros históricos latinoamericanos originally published in 1983 by Hardoy and Dos Santos in collaboration with Gutiérrez and Rofman. Text concentrates on three major topics: 1) an adjustment of theoretical and practical approaches to the rehabilitation of historic centers with an emphasis on policy; 2) the identification of the main threats that historic centers, towns, and cities will face in the future; and 3) the presentation of selected initiatives carried out during the last decade. Well documented with an abundance of footnotes, an appendix of statistical tables, illustrations, and exhaustive bibliography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

Ante las proyecciones de la población urbana para el año 2000 elaboradas por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), así como su pronóstico acerca del crecimiento de las ciudades del Tercer Mundo, este artículo cuestiona la validez de los datos utilizados para pronosticar el cambio urbano en el Tercer Mundo. Posteriormente se analiza la posibilidad de hacer generalizaciones válidas sobre el cambio urbano en el Tercer Mundo, en vista de la diversidad de estructuras económicas, tasas de crecimiento poblacional, niveles de ingreso per cápita y cantidad de población. Para ello se incluye un análisis por separado para América Latina, Asia y África sobre algunos de los factores que influyen sobre los cambios urbanos entre 1960 y principios de 1980. Con base en esa reseña se evalúa la validez de las proyecciones de las Naciones Unidas para los futuros niveles de urbanización por países o para las futuras poblaciones de ciertas ciudades del Tercer Mundo.

New edition of Environmental Problems in Third World Cities Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America contain some of the world's most life- and health-threatening human environments. Environment-related diseases and injuries cause millions of preventable deaths each year. In many squatter settlements, children are 40 to 50 times more likely to die before the age of five than they would be in Europe or North America and most such deaths are environment-related. Many cities also cause serious environmental degradation to their surroundings and increasingly contribute to global warming. This updated and much expanded edition of the classic Environmental Problems in Third World Cities describes environmental problems and their effect on human health, local ecosystems and global cycles. It points to the political causes that underpin many of these problems - including ineffective, unaccountable governments, and aid agencies' reluctance to work with the urban poor. It also highlights innovative solutions such as: * High-quality, low-cost homes and neighbourhoods developed by urban poor groups working with local non-governmental organizations * Local Agenda 21s developed by municipal governments in partnership with community organizations.* In their analysis, the authors show that cities can meet sustainable development goals. There are practical, affordable solutions to their environmental problems, but most of these depend on more competent and accountable city governments and on more support for low-income households and their organizations. The book also outlines the changes needed international aid agencies to support this. PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION 'It's rare to encounter a work as authoritative and accessible as this. It is a mine of useful information from cities in every corner of the Third World, which does not shy away from the immensity of the problems, but says as much about the solutions to them as about the problems themselves' Jonathon Porritt 'Well written and very accessible' The Geographical Journal 'Of value to students, teachers, practitioners, policy makers and aid agencies' Third World Planning Review 'A valuable resource for understanding the underlying problems?[this book offers] practical alternatives' Cities International.