Extending Themselves [[electronic resource] ] : User Initiated Transformations of Government-built Housing in Developing Countries

• Autore: Tipple Graham
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.585091724
• Soggetto topico: Housing rehabilitation; Public housing; Real Estate, Housing & Land Use; Business & Economics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Extending Themselves
• ISBN: 1-78138-650-1; 1-84631-309-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453507603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II