Latin American cities are overpopulated.
Centralization is one of the
urban characteristics still prevailing in the cities of the southern
hemisphere .
The recent urban migrations have defined cities as
socially unbalanced urban containers while the rural areas remain vacant
of economic activity and population.
On the contrary , North American
urban development is characterized by decentralization and
suburbanization.
What is the relationship of globalization and
information technologies to each of these different patterns of urban
development ?
