Housing the urban poor in Africa / edited by Minion K.C. Morrison and Peter C.W. Gutkind.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Morrison, Minion K. C., 1946-

Gutkind, Peter C. W., 1925-2001

Syracuse University. Foreign and Comparative Studies Program.

Conference Name:

Africa Colloquium (1980 : Syracuse University)

Series:

Foreign and comparative studies. African series ; 37.

Foreign and comparative studies. African series ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-income housing--Africa--Congresses.

Low-income housing.

Africa.

Housing policy--Africa--Congresses.

Housing policy.

Public housing--Africa--Congresses.

Public housing.

Urban policy--Africa--Congresses.

Urban policy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 118 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1982.

Contents:

Introduction: housing issues and policies in contemporary African societies / Minion K.C. Morrison

Public and private housing in urban West Africa: the social implications / Sandra T. Barnes

Housing the urban poor: design and public policy issues in West Africa / John Paden

Commentary on housing in West Africa / Minion K.C. Morrison and Deborah Pellow

Intra-urban mobility and low income housing: the case of Nairobi, Kenya / J.W. Muwonge

Housing policy and the state in East Africa / Richard Stren

Commentary on housing in East Africa / Marshall Segall

Conclusion: the political economy of housing / Peter C.W. Gutkind.

Notes:

"Papers presented at the annual Africa Colloquium, April, 1980, sponsored by the Foreign and Comparative Studies Program, Syracuse Universlty"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

091598461X

OCLC:

8929542