The informal construction sector and the inefficiency of low cost housing markets

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Lizarralde, Gonzalo ^a   Root, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Housing development; Informal housing; Markets; Residential; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY; URBAN PLANNING;

INFORMAL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR; SUBSIDIZED HOUSING PROJECTS;

HOUSING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROJECT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN HOUSING;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 39749199369     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701808965     Document Type: Article

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