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
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Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
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  • Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The housing squeeze; 3. More than just a dwelling; 4. The financial element: transformation as an investment; 5. Sustainability issues; 6. The transformation process; 7. The case for transformations; 8. Policies for enabling transformations; Appendix 1. Transformations in Bangladesh; Appendix 2. Transformations in Egypt; Appendix 3. Transformations in Ghana; Appendix 4. Transformations in Zimbabwe; Appendix 5. An assessment of the decision to transform; References; Index.

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