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Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon

Name: Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon
Author: John O. Browder
ISBN: 9780231106559

by John O. Browder, Brian Godfrey, Brian J. Godfrey

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Overview

Amazonia has undergone a significant urban transformation since the late 1970s. This is the first comprehensive analysis of urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. Drawing on comparative household and sectoral survey research, the authors find that the growth of Amazon cities fits no single current theory of urbanization; instead they propose a pluralistic theory of "disarticulated urbanization" to explain the region's varied and volatile settlement patterns.

Columbia University Press

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive analysis of urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. Drawing on comparative household and sectoral survey research, the authors find that the growth of Amazon cities fits no single current theory of urbanization; instead they propose a pluralistic theory of "disarticulated urbanization" to explain the region'

About the Author, John O. Browder

JOHN O. BROWDER is associate professor of urban and regional planning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

BRIAN J. GODFREY is associate professor of geography at Vassar College.

Columbia University Press

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Anthropological Forum - David Hyndman

Rainforest Cities provides the first comprehensive analysis of the varied and volatile settlement patterns that characterise the urbanisation process in the Amazon.... a valuable contribution to regional development and environmental studies.