Urbanization in Latin America

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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

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Latin American Urbanization
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Latin American Manufacturing
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Latin American Agriculture
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Gross Domestic Product
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Patterns of Urban Growth

• Primate Cities and Ports
• Immigration
• Internal Migration
• Impact on individuals and families

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Growth of Cities
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Impact on Fertility Rates
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Fertility Rate in Bolivia
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Fertility Mexico
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Male Sexual Activity
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Urban poverty
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Regional Contraceptive Use
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Access to Housing

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

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Access to Social Services

• Water and Electricity
• Telephones
• Public Education
• Medical Care
• Transportation

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Access to Telephones
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Illiteracy
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Transportation Demands
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Railroads
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Impact on Women

• In many cases, women migrate more frequently than
  men
• Often young and unmarried
• Limited work opportunities
• Traditional womens work

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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