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Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process
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Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process

Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process

ByDavid Drakakis-Smith
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1981
eBook Published 26 July 2012
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203836828
Pages 264 pages
eBook ISBN 9781136866197
SubjectsDevelopment Studies, Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Geography, Social Sciences
KeywordsLow-cost Housing, Squatter Settlements, Housing Investment, Low Cost Housing Provision, Housing Programmes
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Drakakis-Smith, D. (1981). Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203836828
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and policies are often determined by broader development issues.

Commencing with a discussion of urban growth in the Third World, the author then provides a general discussion on housing provision within contemporary development planning in the Third World. Four main types of accommodation – government construction, private sector, squatter housing and slum – are examined in terms of their contemporary and potential roles in meeting low cost housing needs.

Drawing on evidence from a number of Asian countries, the study argues that the real needs of the urban poor are not being met, and that other political and economic objectives, set by the established elites of society, predominate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
View abstract
chapter 3|30 pages
SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
View abstract
chapter 4|38 pages
SLUMS
View abstract
chapter 5|55 pages
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
View abstract
chapter 6|30 pages
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
View abstract
chapter 7|15 pages
CONCLUSION: HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
View abstract

Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and policies are often determined by broader development issues.

Commencing with a discussion of urban growth in the Third World, the author then provides a general discussion on housing provision within contemporary development planning in the Third World. Four main types of accommodation – government construction, private sector, squatter housing and slum – are examined in terms of their contemporary and potential roles in meeting low cost housing needs.

Drawing on evidence from a number of Asian countries, the study argues that the real needs of the urban poor are not being met, and that other political and economic objectives, set by the established elites of society, predominate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
View abstract
chapter 3|30 pages
SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
View abstract
chapter 4|38 pages
SLUMS
View abstract
chapter 5|55 pages
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
View abstract
chapter 6|30 pages
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
View abstract
chapter 7|15 pages
CONCLUSION: HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and policies are often determined by broader development issues.

Commencing with a discussion of urban growth in the Third World, the author then provides a general discussion on housing provision within contemporary development planning in the Third World. Four main types of accommodation – government construction, private sector, squatter housing and slum – are examined in terms of their contemporary and potential roles in meeting low cost housing needs.

Drawing on evidence from a number of Asian countries, the study argues that the real needs of the urban poor are not being met, and that other political and economic objectives, set by the established elites of society, predominate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
View abstract
chapter 3|30 pages
SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
View abstract
chapter 4|38 pages
SLUMS
View abstract
chapter 5|55 pages
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
View abstract
chapter 6|30 pages
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
View abstract
chapter 7|15 pages
CONCLUSION: HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
View abstract

Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and policies are often determined by broader development issues.

Commencing with a discussion of urban growth in the Third World, the author then provides a general discussion on housing provision within contemporary development planning in the Third World. Four main types of accommodation – government construction, private sector, squatter housing and slum – are examined in terms of their contemporary and potential roles in meeting low cost housing needs.

Drawing on evidence from a number of Asian countries, the study argues that the real needs of the urban poor are not being met, and that other political and economic objectives, set by the established elites of society, predominate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
View abstract
chapter 3|30 pages
SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
View abstract
chapter 4|38 pages
SLUMS
View abstract
chapter 5|55 pages
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
View abstract
chapter 6|30 pages
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
View abstract
chapter 7|15 pages
CONCLUSION: HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and policies are often determined by broader development issues.

Commencing with a discussion of urban growth in the Third World, the author then provides a general discussion on housing provision within contemporary development planning in the Third World. Four main types of accommodation – government construction, private sector, squatter housing and slum – are examined in terms of their contemporary and potential roles in meeting low cost housing needs.

Drawing on evidence from a number of Asian countries, the study argues that the real needs of the urban poor are not being met, and that other political and economic objectives, set by the established elites of society, predominate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
View abstract
chapter 3|30 pages
SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
View abstract
chapter 4|38 pages
SLUMS
View abstract
chapter 5|55 pages
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
View abstract
chapter 6|30 pages
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
View abstract
chapter 7|15 pages
CONCLUSION: HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
View abstract

Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and policies are often determined by broader development issues.

Commencing with a discussion of urban growth in the Third World, the author then provides a general discussion on housing provision within contemporary development planning in the Third World. Four main types of accommodation – government construction, private sector, squatter housing and slum – are examined in terms of their contemporary and potential roles in meeting low cost housing needs.

Drawing on evidence from a number of Asian countries, the study argues that the real needs of the urban poor are not being met, and that other political and economic objectives, set by the established elites of society, predominate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
View abstract
chapter 3|30 pages
SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
View abstract
chapter 4|38 pages
SLUMS
View abstract
chapter 5|55 pages
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
View abstract
chapter 6|30 pages
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
View abstract
chapter 7|15 pages
CONCLUSION: HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
View abstract
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