Cities: country development engines

This text gives consideration to the historical relationship between the city and the countryside, the main idea is propose a coherent relationship between the Latin American mayor cities and the not yet defined country role, towards the improvement of the nation’s destiny. The author calls attentio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Negrón, Marco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:Repositorio UN
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/32095
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/32095
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/22175/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Caracas
city/countryside
regional system
Venezuela
campo-ciudad
sistema regional
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Sumario:This text gives consideration to the historical relationship between the city and the countryside, the main idea is propose a coherent relationship between the Latin American mayor cities and the not yet defined country role, towards the improvement of the nation’s destiny. The author calls attention on the fact that the cities grow disproportionately, without control or prevention on the impact to the environment, threatening the equilibrium city/countryside. In Venezuela, he considers the case of Caracas city and its closest regional system.