| Description |
1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The housing squeeze; 3. More than just a dwelling; 4. The financial element: transformation as an investment; 5. Sustainability issues; 6. The transformation process; 7. The case for transformations; 8. Policies for enabling transformations; Appendix 1. Transformations in Bangladesh; Appendix 2. Transformations in Egypt; Appendix 3. Transformations in Ghana; Appendix 4. Transformations in Zimbabwe; Appendix 5. An assessment of the decision to transform; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Many countries have large stocks of government-built housing which, for various reasons, are in poor physical conditions and/or do not conform to the expectations of occupants. The occupants of such housing frequently make unauthorised but quite considerable changes and extensions (transformations) to their dwellings. This book examines user-initiated transformations to government-built housing in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana and Zimbabwe, surveyed in a research programme sponsored by the UK Department for International Development. The 1600 dwellings surveyed show how relatively low-income househ. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Art and Architecture Complete |
| Subject |
Public housing -- Management -- Tenant participation -- Developing countries.
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Housing rehabilitation -- Developing countries.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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Housing rehabilitation. (OCoLC)fst00962458
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Public housing -- Management -- Tenant participation.
(OCoLC)fst01082486
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Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
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Haus.
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Instandsetzung.
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Entwicklungsländer.
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Haus.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tipple, A. Graham. Extending themselves. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, ©2000 (DLC) 00361762 (OCoLC)43987189 |
| ISBN |
9781846313097 (electronic book) |
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1846313090 (electronic book) |
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9781781386507 (electronic book) |
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1781386501 (electronic book) |
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085323504X (paperback) |
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9780853235040 (paperback) |
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0853239134 |
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9780853239130 |
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