Urban-regional Development in South America : A Process of Diffusion and Integration / / Poul Ove Pedersen

• Record Nr.: UNISA996309249803316
• Autore: Pedersen Poul Ove
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: De Gruyter, 1975; Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]; ©1975
• ISBN: 3-11-082836-7
• Edizione: [Reprint 2019]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.) : Num. tabs
• Collana: Regional Planning ; ; 10
• Soggetti: Regionalplanung; Südamerika; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface by the Director of UNRISD / McGranahan, Donald V. -- Foreword by the Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- PART I: The regional structure of South America -- CHAPTER 2. The spatial structure of South American development -- CHAPTER 3. South America, a system of regions -- PART II. Development of the urban system A process of innovation diffusion -- CHAPTER 4. The innovation processes -- CHAPTER 5. Development of the urban system as a process of diffusion -- PART III. Integration and regional economic development in South America -- CHAPTER 6. Economic development as a process of integration -- CHAPTER 7. An accessibility model of regional economic development -- CHAPTER 8. Accessibility and the trend of regional income differences -- PART IV. Socio-economic feed-backs to the process of innovation diffusion -- Introduction to part IV -- CHAPTER 9. Urbanization and the regional variation in birth rate and education -- CHAPTER 10. The process of migration -- CHAPTER 11. The selectivity of migrants -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Dansk resumé -- References
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