Urbanization in Chile. An International Urbanization Survey Report to the Ford Foundation.

Chile is unique in its geography and urban concentration, its political history and its present governmental structure. These features are examined in this survey report. Topics for discussion include: (1) The Instruments of Planning, (2) The Planning and Development Structure, (3) The Move to Integrated Economic Space, (4) The Chilean Heartland--The Macro Zona Central, (5) An Inventory of Planning, (6) The Urban Planning Alphabet, (7) The Role of the International Agencies, (8) The Geneva of Latin America. [For related documents in this series, see UD 013 731-735 and 013 737-744 for surveys of specific countries. For special studies analyzing urbanization in The Third World, see UD 013 745-UD 013 748.] (SB)