Securing inclusion: Strategies for community empowerment and state redistribution

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 425-439

  Muller, Anna ^a   Mitlin, Diana ^b  

^a Namibia Housing Action Group   (Namibia)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community development; Empowerment; Housing; Namibia; Shelter; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; PUBLIC ACCESS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLITICS;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34848854582     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247807082822     Document Type: Article

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