Housing Africa's Urban Poor

Housing Africa's Urban Poor
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9780429817182
ISBN-13 : 0429817185
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Book Synopsis Housing Africa's Urban Poor by : Philip Amis

Download or read book Housing Africa's Urban Poor written by Philip Amis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1990, this book reveals the extent to which petty landlordism is developing not just in the African urban settlements that have sprung up but in government-sponsored low-cost housing estates. The first part of the book traces African governments' changing responses to urban growth since the 1960s. The second presents case studies of housing markets and landlord-tenant relations north and south of the Sahara. The third examines World Bank involvement, and the book ends by considering policy implications.


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