Land Tenure and the Self-Improvement of Two Latin American Informal Settlements in Puerto Rico and Venezuela

Urban Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-64

  Caldieron, Jean M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illegal housing; Land security; Land tenure; Latin American informal settlements; Self improvement

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND TENURE; POVERTY; URBAN HOUSING;

CARACAS; FEDERAL DISTRICT [VENEZUELA]; PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO]; VENEZUELA;

PERLA;

EID: 84874536013     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-012-9162-0     Document Type: Article

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