Basic needs and the urban poor : the provision of communal services / edited by P.J. Richards and A.M. Thomson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richards, P. J. (Peter J.)

Thomson, A. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basic needs--Asia.

Basic needs.

Asia.

Basic needs--Government policy--Asia.

Basic needs--Government policy.

Municipal services--Asia.

Municipal services.

Poor--Services for--Asia.

Poor.

Poor--Services for.

Physical Description:

276 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Dover, N.H. : Croom Helm, [1984]

Contents:

Introduction / P.J. Richards

Urban poverty and basic needs / A.M. Thomson

Urban low-income housing in South-East Asia / S. Yeh

Building codes and regulations in low income settlements / D.B. Cook

Health care and the urban poor / G.J. Ebrahim

Water supply issues / J. Kirke and J. Arthur

Human waste disposal in urban areas / J. Pickford

Schooling for the children of the urban poor / S. Chitnis and C. Suvannathat

Improving the mobility of the urban poor / G. Roth

Conclusions / P.J. Richards.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0709922817 :

OCLC:

10913672