Housing Africas Urban Poor by Philip Amis PAPERBACK 9781138334786

Taylor & Francis

Housing Africas Urban Poor\nby Philip Amis\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 14\u201315 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Philip Amis\nTitle: Housing Africas Urban Poor\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Housing and homelessness\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd\nPublication year: 2020\nEdition: 1\nISBN-13: 9781138334786\nISBN-10: 1138334782\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nOriginally published in 1990, this book reveals the extent to which petty landlordism is developing not just in the African urban settlements that have sprung up but in government-sponsored low-cost housing estates. The first part of the book traces African governments'' changing responses to urban growth since the 1960s. The second presents case studies of housing markets and landlord-ten.