Impeded self-help: Toleration and the proscription of housing consolidation in Hong Kong's squartter areas

Habitat International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-225

  Smart, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Housing consolidation; Squatter control; Squatting

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING POLICY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; SELF HELP;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0037964420     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(02)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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