UID:
edocfu_9958118466602883
Format:
1 online resource (175 p.)
ISBN:
1-350-22022-1
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1-84813-674-9
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1-281-25915-2
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9786611259150
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1-84813-135-6
Content:
As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. Based on empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors attempt to shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: the duality of Latin American cityscapes -- Fractured cities, second-class citizenship and urban violence -- Rio de Janeiro -- Mexico City -- Medellin -- Managua -- Caracas -- Lima Metropolitana -- Living in fear : how the urban poor perceive violence, fear and insecurity -- Epilogue : Latin America's urban duality revisited.
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Also published in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84277-731-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84277-730-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
DOI:
10.5040/9781350220225
