'Bankable Slums': The global politics of slum upgrading

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 769-789

  Jones, Branwen Gruffydd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICS; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

AFRICA;

EID: 84861462551     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.679027     Document Type: Article

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