Non-metropolitan cities in Latin American urban studies: between 'trickle-down urban theory' and 'singularisation theory'.
Non-metropolitan cities are subject to growing attention in Latin American urban studies. However, there is no research that critically analyses the territorial, epistemological and methodological approaches that have been adopted within this line of academic work. This article deals with this knowl...
| Published in: | International Development Planning Review Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 321 - 345 |
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