Self-made cities
Subtitle: in search of sustainable solutions for informal settlements in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region
By: [authors, Sasha Tsenkova ; contributing authors, Chryssy Potsiou, Ann Badyina].
Contributors: Tsenkova, S.; Potsiou, Chryssy.; Badyina, Anna.; United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe.
Publisher: UNECE Information Service; United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9789211170054
Subjects: Squatter settlements -- Europe; Human settlements -- Planning; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable development
Description: "This book describes how more than 50 million people in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region have come to live in informal settlements and examines the main characteristics of the phenomenon."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "ECE/HBP/155"--T.p. verso.

"United Nations publications sales no. E.09.II.E.9"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113).