208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Despite four decades of development planning, at least one third of the urban population of Africa, Asia and Latin America remains poor. Over 600 million live in 'life and health threatening' homes and neighbourhoods because of poor housing and inadequate or no piped water, sanitation and health care. But even as the shortcomings of government and development programmes become more apparent, so do... Read more
Part I: Overview - The Need for Investment * The Failure of the Conventional Model - Public and Private * The Role of NGOs in Community Development * Innovative Credit Schemes * Conclusions * Notes and References * Part II: Case Studies * Bibliography * Index

Biography

Silvina Arrossi, Felix Bombarolo, Jorge E Hardoy, Diana Mitlin, Luis Perez Coscio, David Satterthwaite