Key interventions to solve the problems of informal abodes of the third world, due to poor infrastructure

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages 56-60

  Akhmat, Ghulam ^a   Khan, Muhammad Mahroof ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Informal settlements; Interventions; Sustainable human settlements

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051938362     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.05.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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