Housing the urban poor in Africa
By: edited by Minion K.C. Morrison and Peter C.W. Gutkind.
Contributors: Morrison, Minion K. C., 1946-; Gutkind, Peter Claus Wolfgang.; Syracuse University. Foreign and Comparative Studies Program.
Series: Foreign and comparative studies.; 37
Publisher: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Low-income housing -- Africa -- Congresses.; Housing policy -- Africa -- Congresses.; Public housing -- Africa -- Congresses.; Urban policy -- Africa -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Papers presented at the annual Africa Colloquium, April, 1980, sponsored by the Foreign and Comparative Studies Program, Syracuse Universlty"--Verso t.p.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: housing issues and policies in contemporary African societies / Minion K.C. Morrison; title: Public and private housing in urban West Africa: the social implications / Sandra T. Barnes; title: Housing the urban poor: design and public policy issues in West Africa / John Paden; title: Commentary on housing in West Africa / Minion K.C. Morrison and Deborah Pellow; title: Intra-urban mobility and low income housing: the case of Nairobi, Kenya / J.W. Muwonge; title: Housing policy and the state in East Africa / Richard Stren; title: Commentary on housing in East Africa / Marshall Segall; title: Conclusion: the political economy of housing / Peter C.W. Gutkind.