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Urbanization in Latin America

Urbanization in Latin America. Relationship to industrialization Patterns of urban growth Access to housing Access to social Services Impact on women Problems of rapid industrialization. Latin American Urbanization. Latin American Manufacturing. Latin American Agriculture.

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Urbanization in Latin America

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  1. Urbanization in Latin America • Relationship to industrialization • Patterns of urban growth • Access to housing • Access to social Services • Impact on women • Problems of rapid industrialization

  2. Latin American Urbanization

  3. Latin American Manufacturing

  4. Latin American Agriculture

  5. Gross Domestic Product

  6. Patterns of Urban Growth • Primate Cities and Ports • Immigration • Internal Migration • Impact on individuals and families

  7. Growth of Cities

  8. Impact on Fertility Rates

  9. Fertility Rate in Bolivia

  10. Fertility Mexico

  11. Male Sexual Activity

  12. Urban poverty

  13. Regional Contraceptive Use

  14. Access to Housing • Land purchase • Renting • Squatting • Do poor living conditions lead to a culture of poverty?

  15. Access to Social Services • Water and Electricity • Telephones • Public Education • Medical Care • Transportation

  16. Access to Telephones

  17. Illiteracy

  18. Transportation Demands

  19. Railroads

  20. Impact on Women • In many cases, women migrate more frequently than men • Often young and unmarried • Limited work opportunities • Traditional women’s work

  21. Problems of Rapid Urbanization • Demographic imbalances: economic and political impliations • Over-centralization of government, education, social services, industry • Strains on local, regional and national resources

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