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Evictions and the right to housing : experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea /
This book tells the story of evictions and planned evictions in the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. It explores the housing plight of Santiago de Chile's urban poor during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. It looks at how the 500th anniversary of Columbus's...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa, Ont. :
International Development Research Centre,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book tells the story of evictions and planned evictions in the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. It explores the housing plight of Santiago de Chile's urban poor during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. It looks at how the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in America resulted in mass evictions in Santo Domingo. In South Africa, it describes the Witwatersrand region in the years prior to the elimination of apartheid. Finally, the book looks at the startling results of Seoul's "urban renovation" policies. It examines both the political and economic forces driving evictions.--Publisher's description |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263). |
| ISBN: | 9781552502792 1552502791 0889368619 9780889368613 1282055003 9781282055001 9786612055003 6612055006 |