title: Social urbanization in the Cauca Valley, Colombia.
abstract: "This paper treats aspects of the urbanization of the countryside occurring in southern Colombia.  It focuses on those urban-emanating forces that provide rural people with a perspective of 'city' life.  The impact of such things as the construction (or improvement) of roads, the role of the media, return visits by ex-villagers, and the urban visiting of country people [is] discussed in terms of social urbanization.  This presentation renews the call for eschewing bipolar models for studying migration/urbanization in favor of a broader and more holistic perspective.  Furthermore, this article suggests that urbanization is another manifestation of a type of dependency relationship."
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Whiteford
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003105:Colombia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Americas; Colombia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Latin America; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Rural-urban Migration; Social Change; Social Development; Social Welfare--changes; Socioeconomic Factors; South America; Spatial Distribution--changes; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization