OLIVARES, Enrique Perez <br/><br/>
La croissance urbaine de Caracas 

 - Paris :  IIAP,  avril/juin 1981 
<br/><br/> Between 1936 and 1971 the population of metropolian Caracas rose from 273000 to 2325000 inhabitants, reaching in 980 an estimated 3330000.  Considering the scarcity of land available (on th 66300 hectares of metropolitan Caracas, only 37200 are constructible, of which 24000 ha are already built-up), the population density is very high. This makes the urbanization process even more difficult. Three major problems have to overcome, which are peculiar to Caracas: a high percentage of maginality; maladjustment of services; obsolescence and gaps in equipment.  To overcome these difficulties and monitor the urbanization process, the VI Plan defines for each region a set of targets, such as, for metropolitan Caracas: the setting-up of sub-regions in order to create permanent and correctly paid jobs outside metropolitan Caracas and to confer autonomy to these entities with simultaneous integration into the national economy; the implementation of a regional transport system combining various facilities