Aspects économiques et sociaux du développement urbain en Amérique latine, notamment les contrastes des paysages urbains qui expriment la différenciation des classes et notamment la prolifération des bidonvilles. - (MC)
THE RELEVANCE OF GROWTH CENTER STRATEGIES TO LATINAMERICA
AMENAGEMENT REGIONAL ; AMERIQUE LATINE ; BIBLIOGRAPHIE ; CRITIQUE ; Géographie humaine ; PLANIFICATION REGIONALE ; POLE DE CROISSANCE
LA PLANIFICATION REGIONALE S'APPUIE DEPUIS QUELQUES ANNEES SUR LA STRATEGIE DES POLES DE CROISSANCE. ANALYSE CRITIQUE DES RESULTATS DANS LES PAYS D'AMERIQUE LATINE. (VNM).
Geographic research on tourism in LatinAmerica, 1980-1990
Caribbean ; Development strategy ; LatinAmerica ; Mexico ; Research ; Tourism
Amérique latine ; Mexique ; Monde caraïbe ; Recherche ; Stratégie de développement ; Tourisme
Mexico and the Caribbean have gotten most of the attention in the surge of interest in Latin American tourism during the decade of the 1980s. Many studies are focused on tourism development since the tourist industry is still expanding into new
Conservation of food crop genetic resources in LatinAmerica
Agricultural practice ; Crop ; Farming system ; Farming;Agriculture ; Food crop ; LatinAmerica ; Mixed farming
Agriculture ; Amérique latine ; Culture vivrière ; Plante cultivée ; Polyculture ; Pratique culturale ; Système de culture
Plea for the preservation of tropical Latin American polyculture and for the interspecific genetic diversity still found there. Discussion of ex situ versus in situ conservation strategies.―(DWG)
The European Union's single market and LatinAmerica's banana exporting countries
Export ; Fruit ; International trade ; LatinAmerica ; Market ; Organization
Amérique latine ; Banane ; Commerce international ; Exportation ; Fruits ; Marché ; Organisation
Examination of the policy implemented in 1993 by the European Union in favor of a single market for bananas. Latin American exporters outside the Caribbean are being shut out of this market, with serious economic consequences for them, even though
The impact of criminal violence on regime legitimacy in LatinAmerica
Criminality ; LatinAmerica ; Political geography ; Violence
Amérique latine ; Criminalité ; Géographie politique ; Légitimité ; Système politique ; Violence
América latina ; Criminalidad ; Geografía política ; Violencia
edition of the Latin American Public Opinion Project. The findings demonstrate that both victimization and high perception of violence have a negative impact on system support in LatinAmerica.
Continuity and change in LatinAmerica's rural structure in The process of rural transformation. Eastern Europe, LatinAmerica and Australia.
Amérique latine ; Anthropologie ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Mouvement paysan ; Paysannerie ; Révolte paysanne ; Société rurale ; Structure sociale
Geography of America
Changement d'orientation et de perspectives dans les études anthropologiques sur l'Amérique latine. Une mise au point sur les problèmes et leurs interprétation, mais l'A. croit au maintien du statu quo et à l'échec des mouvements paysans.
Order and disorder - a model of Latin American urban land use
Land use ; LatinAmerica ; Model ; Spatial structure ; Urban area ; Urban geography ; Urban structure
Amérique latine ; Espace urbain ; Géographie urbaine ; Modèle ; Structure spatiale ; Structure urbaine ; Utilisation du sol
Comparative analysis of idealized models of Latin American cities. Replacing them with one of his own, the A. incorporates the land-use disorder which he asserts is characteristic of Latin American cities. - (DWG)
LatinAmerica ; Road ; Traffic ; Transport ; Transport network ; Transportation geography ; Urban transport ; Waterway
Amérique latine ; Géographie des transports ; Route ; Trafic ; Transport ; Transport urbain ; Voie de communication ; Voie navigable
In the 1980-1990 period, studies in this realm have viewed motive technology and extensions of service as creating, rather than responding to, geographic change. Particular attention was focused on trans-isthmian traffic in Central America