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Title The challenge of slums [electronic resource] : global report on human settlements, 2003 / United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Imprint London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxxiv, 310 p. : ill., maps.
Note "UN-HABITAT."
"First published in the UK and USA in 2003 by Earthscan Publications LTD for and on behalf of the United National Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) [Nairobi, Kenya]"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-300) and index.
Contents Developing context and the millennium agenda -- Urbanization trends and forces shaping slums -- Cities and slums within globalizing economies -- Social dimensions -- Territoriality and spatial forms -- Economic dynamics -- New policy developments at the national and global levels -- Civil society in action -- Towards inclusive cities : reconsidering development priorities.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Slums.
Slums -- Case studies.
Slums -- Government policy.
Urban poor -- Housing.
Urban poor -- Statistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 1844070379 (pbk.)
1844070360 (hardback)

 
    
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