Financing self-help housing: Evidence from Bogota, Colombia

International Planning Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-190

  Gilbert, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; HOUSING PROVISION; INVESTMENT; SELF HELP;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 0034130075     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470050020176     Document Type: Article

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