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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies |
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Routledge library editions. Urban studies.
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| Contents |
Cover page -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 URBAN POVERTY AND BASIC NEEDS: The Role of the Public Sector -- Introduction -- Measuring the extent of urban poverty -- Urban and rural poverty -- Characteristics of the urban poor -- Government attitudes towards urban poverty -- Government provision of basic needs services -- 3 URBAN LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA -- Introdu]ction -- Determinants of housing conditions |
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Urban housing demand and supplySurvey of policies and programmes Hong Kong -- Implementation; Lessons of experience The policy framework -- Conclusions -- 4 BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS IN LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS -- Introduction -- The built environment -- Social and economic aspects -- Environmental health and fire aspects -- Legal, financial and administrative aspects -- Need for building regulations -- Recommendations -- 5 HEALTH CARE AND THE URBAN POOR -- Introduction -- Measuring health and welfare |
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Common health problems of the urban poor in the developing worldAppropriate health care for squatter settlements â#x80;#x93; what do the urban poor need? -- Urban health services â#x80;#x93; experience in industrial countries -- Concepts into practice â#x80;#x93; the problems -- Concepts into practice â#x80;#x93; examples Hong Kong -- Concepts into practice -- measuring the impact -- Conclusion -- 6 WATER SUPPLY ISSUES -- Introduction -- Assessing need -- Supply systems -- Water tariffs -- Improvement projects -- Impact on the urban poor -- Conclusions from the case studies |
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Policy options7 HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL IN URBAN AREAS -- Introduction -- A world-wide problem -- The Water Decade -- Sanitation statistics -- Lack of adequate sanitation -- Health effects of poor sanitation -- Methods of waste disposal: Externallyâ#x80;#x93;selected methods Sewerage -- Technical information on low-cost sanitation -- Local adaptation -- Factors determining the choice of appropriate means of upgrading traditional methods -- Conclusion: The need for flexibility -- 8 SCHOOLING FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE URBAN POOR -- Introduction |
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Schooling in greater BombayExplanatory factors -- Steps to take -- 9 IMPROVING THE MOBILITY OF THE URBAN POOR -- Introduction -- Transport needs of the urban poor -- Technical factors relating to public transport -- The importance of track or right-of-way -- An agenda for action -- An example from Kenya -- Summary -- 10 CONCLUSIONS |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Thomson, A. M
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| ISBN |
9781351675260 |
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1351675265 |
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