GGR341H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Megacity, Greater Buenos Aires, Cartagena, Colombia
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Ggr341 latin america lecture 5, feb 3rd 2014. Precolonial time many resided in rural - only 5% stayed in cities. Administrative cusco, peru centre of power. Beautiful layout of the city (contrary to spain) Spanish city layout: power, privilege, wealth and rank spaniards wanted to live in cities - generating core activities minerals, market one city core and surrounding buildings . Primate city: when largest city in the country has a population at least double that of the next largest city . Greater buenos aires (13. 3m, 79%), cordoba (8%) Has tried to distribute population evenly concern with huge concentration of population. Segregated land use business district, residential, suburbs, commercial, government. Even process of people coming from rural and not finding what they want. Informal housing reside environmentally designated areas (prohibited to reside) not many of homeless temporary staying moving frequently.
