Basic needs and the urban poor
Subtitle: the provision of communal services
By: edited by P.J. Richards and A.M. Thomson.
Contributors: Richards, P. J.; Thomson, A. M.
Publisher: Croom Helm
Published: 1984
Place of publication: London; Dover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Basic needs -- Asia.; Basic needs -- Government policy -- Asia..; Municipal services -- Asia.; Poor -- Services for -- Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme."
Table of contents: title: Introduction / P.J. Richards; title: Urban poverty and basic needs / A.M. Thomson; title: Urban low-income housing in South-East Asia / S. Yeh; title: Building codes and regulations in low income settlements / D.B. Cook; title: Health care and the urban poor / G.J. Ebrahim; title: Water supply issues / J. Kirke and J. Arthur; title: Human waste disposal in urban areas / J. Pickford; title: Schooling for the children of the urban poor / S. Chitnis and C. Suvannathat; title: Improving the mobility of the urban poor / G. Roth; title: Conclusions / P.J. Richards.