Housing and home-making in low-income urban settlements: Sri Lanka and Colombia

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-70

  Dayaratne, Ranjith ^a   Kellett, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombia; Home making; Low income settlements; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; PLANNING PRACTICE; URBAN HOUSING;

ASIA; COLOMBIA; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 39849090149     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-007-9099-0     Document Type: Article

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