false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186086567m/1629166.jpg 1629166 1 <P>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.</P> 1623274 15 4 1997 Rainforest Cities total:2|3:1|2:1| 2 5 2 0 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 16:48:21 -0800 2009 Fri May 01 09:19:55 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 06:33:22 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 06:33:26 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1629166