TY - BOOK ID - 67562936 TI - Rainforest cities : urbanization, development, and globalization of the Brazilian Amazon. AU - Browder, John O. AU - Godfrey, Brian J. PY - 1997 SN - 0231106548 0231106556 PB - New York Columbia university press DB - UniCat KW - City planning KW - Regional planning KW - Land use, Rural KW - Land settlement patterns KW - Amazon River Region KW - Social conditions. KW - Economic conditions. KW - #SBIB:327.4H62 KW - #SBIB:39A4 KW - #SBIB:39A74 KW - Regional development KW - State planning KW - Human settlements KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Landscape protection KW - Rural land use KW - Agriculture KW - Patterns, Land settlement KW - Settlement patterns KW - Human geography KW - Land settlement KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Derde wereld: rurale, stedelijke ontwikkeling KW - Toegepaste antropologie KW - Etnografie: Amerika KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - Amazonia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67562936 AB - "Comprehensive and useful analysis of region's urbanization process. Compares eastern and western segments, and illustrates heterogeneity of urban frontier. Concludes that current theories of urbanization are inappropriate for Amazonian cities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. ER -