Extending themselves : user-initiated transformations of government-built housing in developing countries /

Many countries have large stocks of government-built housing which, for various reasons, are in poor physical conditions and/or do not conform to the expectations of occupants. The occupants of such housing frequently make unauthorised but quite considerable changes and extensions (transformations)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tipple, A. Graham
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Public housing > Management > Tenant participation > Developing countries.
Housing rehabilitation > Developing countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Housing rehabilitation
Public housing > Management > Tenant participation
Haus
Instandsetzung
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
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Sumario:Many countries have large stocks of government-built housing which, for various reasons, are in poor physical conditions and/or do not conform to the expectations of occupants. The occupants of such housing frequently make unauthorised but quite considerable changes and extensions (transformations) to their dwellings. This book examines user-initiated transformations to government-built housing in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana and Zimbabwe, surveyed in a research programme sponsored by the UK Department for International Development. The 1600 dwellings surveyed show how relatively low-income househ.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781846313097
1846313090
9781781386507
1781386501

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