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Tipple A. Graham |
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Titolo |
Extending themselves [[electronic resource] ] : user-initiated transformations of government-built housing in developing countries / / Graham Tipple |
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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 (x, 358 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public housing - Management - Tenant participation |
Housing rehabilitation |
Public housing |
Public welfare |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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- |
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