Urban poverty reduction: Learning by doing in Asia

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 403-421

  Boonyabancha, Somsook ^a   Mitlin, Diana ^b  

^a ACHR   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACHR; civil society; community organizations; community driven upgrading; informal settlement upgrading; urban poor

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA;

EID: 84867406330     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247812455770     Document Type: Article

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