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UNINA990004352330403321 |
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Autore |
Blum, Léon |
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A l'echelle humaine / Leon Blum ; preface de René Remond |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910453507603321 |
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Autore |
Tipple Graham |
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Extending Themselves [[electronic resource] ] : User Initiated Transformations of Government-built Housing in Developing Countries |
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Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2000 |
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1-78138-650-1 |
1-84631-309-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Housing rehabilitation |
Public housing |
Real Estate, Housing & Land Use |
Business & Economics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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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 |
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