Slum upgrading and urban governance: Case studies in three South East Asian cities

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-169

  Minnery, John ^a   Argo, Teti ^b   Winarso, Haryo ^b   Hau, Do ^c   Veneracion, Cynthia C ^d   Forbes, Dean ^e   Childs, Iraphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c HANOI ARCHITECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Philippines; Slum upgrading; South East Asia; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POVERTY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY;

BANDUNG; HANOI; INDONESIA; PHILIPPINES; VIET NAM; WEST JAVA;

EID: 84872858737     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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