Housing problems for middle and low income people in bangladesh: Challenges of dhaka megacity

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-184

  Shams, Shahriar ^a   Shohel, M Mahruf C ^b   Ahsan, Amimul ^c  

^a FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Housing; Policy; Slums; Urban migration; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEGACITY; POVERTY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)];

EID: 84927709409     PISSN: 09754253     EISSN: 09763546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0975425314521538     Document Type: Article

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