Shaping terrain : city building in Latin America /
edited by René Davids.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Buildings, terrain, and form -- Mythical terrain and the building of Mexico's UNAM / Universidad de Panama: designing on the outside edge of the periphery / Topography and ideology: the Museum of Modern Art and the Helicoide de la Roca de Tarpeya / Säo Paulo's topography and the utopian democracy / Le Corbusier, Rio de Janeiro, topography, and housing: a cross-cultural exchange / Cities and water -- Mexico City as reinvented geography, its looming environmental crisis, and recent proposals for regenerative landscapes / Mountains, wetlands, and public space in Bogotá / Topography, hydrology, and the irrigated landscapes of Mendoza, Argentina / Hills, infrastructure, and social order -- Santiago de Chile and the changing meaning of its hills / Valparaíso: a future in the balance / Topography and civic order in latin america / Demolishing urban hills: establishing new identities / René Davids -- René Davids -- Iván Gonzáles, José Rosas, and René Davids -- Angelo Bucci and René Davids -- René Davids -- Edward R. Burian -- René Davids with Julián Alejandro Osorio -- Jorge Ricardo Ponte, translated and adapted by René Davids -- Rodrigo Perez de Arce, translated and adapted by René Davids -- René Davids -- René Davids -- René Davids.
This collection considers topography, ecology, and landscape alongside social, political, economic, and cultural meanings that have accompanied the built environment in Latin America dating to before Spanish contact.
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City planning--Latin America. Cities and towns--Growth.--Latin America Cities and towns--History.--Latin America