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020 _a1-84407-037-9
050 _aHV 4028 .C48 2003
110 _aUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
245 4 _aThe challenge of slums: global report on human settlements 2003
260 _aNairobi
_bUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
_c2003
300 _axxxiv, 310p.
500 _aPresents the struggles of the poor to survive within urban areas and the failure of both the public and market to respond to the challenges they face while looking at the shelter conditions of the majority of the urban poor. Examines both the positive and negative features of slums and identifies participatory slum upgrading programmes. Provides future directions that can be applied by national governments, municipal authorities, civil society organisations and international organisations that are interested in the positive development of the lives of slum dwellers.
650 _aPoverty|Poverty Areas|United Nations
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c5523
_d5523