El crecimiento urbano en Europa: conceptos, tendencias y marco comparative) para el area metropolitana de Santiago de Chile

Abstract

Based on the urban development in Europe, this paper includes conceptual deliberations on the main processes which have affected both the morphology and structure of cities and it also interprets in broad terms the evolution of the Latin American city up to the modern times. On the basis of the transformations occurred in Santiago of Chile over the last decades, this study aims to draw a comparison with the theoretical framework set for the European reality.