Slums: Perspectives on the definition, the appraisal and the management of an urban phenomenon

Erde

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-116

  Nuissl, Henning ^a   Heinrichs, Dirk ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approaches; Definition; Perspectives; Slum

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; URBAN SITE;

EID: 84898756562     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12854/erde-144-8     Document Type: Review

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