Aided self-help: The Million Houses Programme - Revisiting the issues

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-314

  Joshi, Sharadbala ^a   Sohail Khan, M ^b  

^a Loughborough University ^*  (India)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aided self help; Environmental improvement; Participation; Slums; Sustainability; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOUSING FINANCE; HOUSING PROJECT; HOUSING PROVISION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY STRATEGY; PUBLIC ACCESS; SELF HELP; SOCIAL HOUSING; SUSTAINABILITY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 77549088840     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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