A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
AbstractWith a population of 328 000 in 1985, the intermediate city of Pereira-Dos Quebradas is Colombia's eighth largest urban centre. Founded in the mid-19th century by a group of entrepreneurs in what was then an inhospitable jungle, today the city is the centre of a prosperous agricultural region in Western Colombia producing mainly coffee, the country's major export since the early decades of this century. It is an important service and trade centre for the region. The roots of its growth can be found not only in the prosperity of its surrounding region, but also in its privileged location, at a crossroads linking the three largest urban centres in the country, and in the size and growth of its manufacturing industry (its manufacturing workforce is the fifth largest among the country's urban centres).
AbstractWith a population of 328 000 in 1985, the intermediate city of Pereira-Dos Quebradas is Colombia's eighth largest urban centre. Founded in the mid-19th century by a group of entrepreneurs in what was then an inhospitable jungle, today the city is the centre of a prosperous agricultural region in Western Colombia producing mainly coffee, the country's major export since the early decades of this century. It is an important service and trade centre for the region. The roots of its growth can be found not only in the prosperity of its surrounding region, but also in its privileged location, at a crossroads linking the three largest urban centres in the country, and in the size and growth of its manufacturing industry (its manufacturing workforce is the fifth largest among the country's urban centres).
Pereira-Dos Quebradas
Dávila, Julio D. (author)
Cities ; 5 ; 10-23
1988-01-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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