The Spatial Organization of New Land Settlement in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780367296230 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 180 str.

Jacob O Maos

Opis

Land settlement in Latin America has become a subject of growing concern as governments renew efforts to develop agrarian potential and to relieve the pressure on overpopulated rural and urban areas. In this book, land settlement is viewed as the development of resources, both human and natural. The spatial organization of land settlement is examined in light of social and spatial patterns that may complement economic activities, lead to viable communities, and facilitate the provision of social and cultural amenities. The farm family is seen as the basic socioeconomic unit, and the family farmstead as the basic spatial nucleus.

Spis treści

Dellplain Latin American Studies -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Conceptual Framework -- Spatial and Social Patterns of Rural Settlement -- Recent Experiences in Rural Development -- The Latin American Context -- Case Studies of Land Settlement in Latin America -- The Spatial Organization of Rural Services -- Development of a Settlement Model -- Dellplain Latin American Studies Published by Westview Press

O autorze

Jacob O. Maos,