Speculating on slums: Infrastructural fixes in informal housing in the global South

Antipode

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 789-808

  Desai, Vandana ^a   Loftus, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global South; Land; Rent; Urban informal housing

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND TENURE; RENT SEEKING; URBAN HOUSING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84881550067     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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