1st Edition

Shelter, Settlement & Development

Edited By Lloyd Rodwin Copyright 1987
498 Pages
by Routledge

496 Pages
by Routledge

496 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1987, Shelter, Settlement & Development presents a comprehensive and authoritative reappraisal of shelter, settlement and development policies and programs in third world countries. Drawing on the considerable research and advisory experience of an internationally distinguished group of contributors, it introduces new ideas on many themes such as spatial strategies, land... Read more

New Preface by Bishwapriya Sanyal Foreword Preface I. Overview 1. Shelter, settlement, and development: an overview L. Rodwin and B. Sanyal II. Shelter Issues 2. Economic impact and implications of shelter investments L.H. Klaassen, J.G.D. Hoogland and M.J.F. van Pelt 3. Household preferences and expenditure S.K. Mayo 4. The construction industry F. Moavenzadeh 5. Land Policy W.A. Doebele 6. Infrastructure standards R. Gakenheimer and C.H. J. Brando 7. Housing finance institutions M. Boleat 8. Financing Shelter B. Renaud III. Settlement Issues 9. Spatial strategies, the settlement pattern, and shelter and services policies H.W. Richardson 10. Metropolitan settlement strategies P. Hall IV: Rethinking Policy, Implementation and Management 11. Shelter, development, and the poor L. Peattie 12. Criteria for future shelter and settlement policies in developing countries L.S. Burns and B. Ferguson 13. The legal and the illegal city J. Hardoy and D. Satterthwaite 14. New Directions for national shelter policies A. van Huyck 15. Institutional learning in shelter and settlement policies D.A. Schön Appendices Statistical Appendix A: Trends in the growth and spatial distribution of population P.S. Towfighi Appendix B: A note on US experience on security of tenure and shelter J. Carlson Notes Acknowledgements Notes on contributors List of tables List of figures Index

Biography

Lloyd Rodwin