This book presents an overview of the challenges that cities in Latin America and Asia are facing regarding the preservation of their tangible and intangible he

By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented

"With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest a

The number of people in South Asia's cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improveme

Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the