Quantifying the Rural-Urban Gradient in Latin America and the Caribbean

Quantifying the Rural-Urban Gradient in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper addresses the deceptively simple question: What is the rural population of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? It argues that rurality is a gradient, not a dichotomy, and nominates two dimensions to that gradient: population density and remoteness from large metropolitan areas. It uses...

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Main Authors: Chomitz, Kenneth M., Buys, Piet, Thomas, Timothy S.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURE
CENSUS
CENSUS DATA
CENSUSES
CIAT
CITIES
CROPPING
CROPS
DEFORESTATION
EXTERNALITIES
FAO
FARMING
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRUITS
IFPRI
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LANDS
LATIN AMERICAN
NATURAL RESOURCES
PASTURES
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION ESTIMATES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SOCIAL SERVICES
TOTAL POPULATION
TOWNS
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNITED NATIONS
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
VEGETABLES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860860/quantifying-rural-urban-gradient-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8317

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860860/quantifying-rural-urban-gradient-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8317

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