1st Edition
Squatter Citizen Life in the Urban Third World
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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'one of the best contemporary statements of what is occurring in the growth of urban places in the Third World'
Environment and Planning
'a book that should enjoy a wide appeal: as a plea for adoption of the 'popular approach'; as a text for student use; and as an accessible and stimulating guide to the urban problems of developing countries'
Progress in Human Geography
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* Introduction * The Legal and the Illegal City * One Government Cannot Hold All Wisdom * The Search for Shelter * Shelter: the Response of Government * The Emergence of New Attitudes and Policies for Housing * Environmental Problems in Third World Cities - in the Home, Workplace and Neighbourhood * Environmental Problems at the City and Regional Level * The Dimensions of Urban Change * Outside the Large Cities * Epilogue *
Biography
Jorge E Hardoy was Director of the Buenos Aires office of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) until his death in 1993. David Satterthwaite is Director of the Human Settlements Programme, IIED, London, and editor of the journal Environment and Urbanization. They are co-authors, with Diana Mitlin, of Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World.
