Subsistence and petty capitalist landlords: A theoretical framework for the analysis of landlordism in third world urban low income settlements

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 317-329

  Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORKD; HOUSING PROVISION; LANDLORDS; LOW INCOME SETTLEMENT; PETTY COMMODITY PRODUCTION; RENTAL HOUSING; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0030465692     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.1996.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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