Housing and human settlements in a world of change
The challenge of housing is increasingly recognised in international policy discussions in connection to the processes of migration, climate change, and economic globalisation. This book addresses the challenges of housing and emerging solutions along the lines of three major dynamics: migration, cl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
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[2020]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Habitat international ;
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655434706719 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Foreword 9 Foreword 15 Introduction: Housing and Human Settlements in a World of Change 25 Chapter 1: Indonesian Housing Policy in the Era of Globalization 47 Chapter 2: Let's Get Down to Business - Private Influences in the Making of Affordable Housing Policies 65 Chapter 3: Mutual Aid, Self-Management and Collective Ownership 89 Chapter 4: Understanding the Housing Needs of Low-Skilled Bangladeshi Migrants in Oman 109 Chapter 5: Between Need for Housing and Speculation 129 Chapter 6: Influence of Migrants' Two-Directional Rural-Urban Linkages in Urban Villages in China 147 Chapter 7: Urban Environmental Migrants 165 Chapter 8: Heat-Stress-Related Climate-Change Adaptation in Informal Urban Communities 189 Chapter 9: From the Hyper-ghetto to Statesubsidised Urban Sprawl 219 Chapter 10: Learning From Co-Produced Landslide Risk Mitigation Strategies in Low-Income Settlements in Medellín (Colombia) and São Paulo (Brazil) 243 Bio Notes 267
