Property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 436-445

  Mooya, Manya M ^a   Cloete, Chris E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Poverty alleviation; Property rights; Real estate markets

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 77953536468     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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