Spontaneous shelter : international perspectives and prospects
Using cross-national political, economic, and environmental comparisons as well as case studies from various parts of the world, this volume focuses on the increasing problem of providing shelter in underdeveloped countries, the innovative solutions that have been applied to the problem, and the prospects for the future.
xvii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780877225072, 9780877225027, 0877225079, 0877225028
15589023
1. Evolution of Third World Shelter Policies Elizabeth Kubale Palmer and Carl V. Patton 2. Geographic Perspectives on Spontaneous Shelter W. Donald McTaggert 3. Spontaneous Settlements as Vernacular Design Amos Rapoport 4. Self-Help Housing Technology David Evan Glasser 5. Environmental Issues in Spontaneous Settlements G. William Page 6. Informal Settlement in Latin America and Its Policy Implications Ernest R. Alexander 7. The Growing Housing Crisis in Ecuador David Evan Glasser 8. Meeting Shelter Needs in Indonesia Carl V. Patton and Leksono Probo Subano 9. Hong Kong's Floating Settlements Bruce Taylor 10. Low-Income Settlements in Monrovia Liberia-Linda Lacey and Stephen Emanuel Owusu 11. Commercialized Rental Housing in Nairobi Kenya-Philip Amis 12. Abusivismo and the Gorgate of Rome Albert Guttenberg 13. Squatter Housing in Yugoslavia Boris Pleskovic 14. Economic Issues and the Progressive Housing Development Model Eric Hansen and Justin Williams 15. The Role of the State in Sheltering the Urban Poor Howard Handelman 16. Prospects for the Future Carl V. Patton