Urban-regional Development in South America

Frontmatter -- Preface by the Director of UNRISD / McGranahan, Donald V. -- Foreword by the Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- PART I: The regional structure of South America -- CHAPTER 2. The spatial structure of South American development -- CHAPTER 3. South America, a system of regions -- PART II. Development of the urban system A process of innovation diffusion -- CHAPTER 4. The innovation processes -- CHAPTER 5. Development of the urban system as a process of diffusion -- PART III. Integration and regional economic development in South America -- CHAPTER 6. Economic development as a process of integration -- CHAPTER 7. An accessibility model of regional economic development -- CHAPTER 8. Accessibility and the trend of regional income differences -- PART IV. Socio-economic feed-backs to the process of innovation diffusion -- Introduction to part IV -- CHAPTER 9. Urbanization and the regional variation in birth rate and education -- CHAPTER 10. The process of migration -- CHAPTER 11. The selectivity of migrants -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Dansk resumé -- References