CITIES OF THE WORLD, A WORLD OF SUBURBS. TRANSFORMATIONS OF ‘SETTLEMENTS RULES’ AND ‘FORMS OF LIVING’ IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA (AMONG GLOBALIZATION, CARS AND TELEVISION) - MIASTA ŚWIATA, ŚWIAT PRZEDMIEŚĆ. TRANSFORMACJA „ZASAD OSIEDLANIA SIĘ” I „FORM ZAMIESZKANIA” WE WSPÓŁCZESNEJ AMERYCE ŁACIŃSKIEJ (WŚRÓD GLOBALIZACJI, SAMOCHODÓW I TELEWIZJI)

Beginning with definitions of the terms ‘city’ and ‘suburbs’, this article discusses the transformation of the urban settlement patterns, identifying the changes in the ‘forms of living’ and the cultural factors that have produced them, with particular reference to Latin America. Factors that are shared – also chronologically – with the Countries of the Mediterranean Europe (but not only) and involve cultural, social and economic globalized issues.