Shrinkage of urban slums in Asia and their employment aspects
By: edited by Tatsuru Akimoto.
Contributors: Akimoto, Tatsuru, 1941-; ILO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific.
Publisher: ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Bangkok
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Subjects: Slums -- Asia.; Slums -- Asia -- Case studies.; Slums -- Government policy -- Asia.; Urban poor -- Asia.; Urban poor -- Asia -- Case studies.; Urban poor -- Government policy -- Asia.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: When and how do slums disappear? / Tatsuru Akimoto; title: Slums of Tokyo : their changing phases with economic development / Hiromi Shimodaira; title: Dwelling conditions and economic activities of the urban poor : the case of Seoul / Young-bum Park and Kil-sang Yoo; title: Coping with slums in Malaysia : a Kuala Lumpur case-study / Azizah Kassim; title: Singapore : a country's solution to slums and its impact on employment / Ong Chor Eong and Loh Pui Nyuk; title: The future of slums and their employment implications : the case of Bangkok / Sopon Pornchokchai.