| Description |
1 online resource (465 pages) |
| Series |
Urban Challenges ; v. 1 |
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Urban challenges.
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| Summary |
This book looks at slums and social exclusion in the four major megacities of India and Brazil, and analyzes the interrelationships between urban policies and housing and environmental issues. The challenges posed in Delhi, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have spurred public reformers into action through housing, rehabilitation and conservation programs. Civil society and the inhabitants of these cities have also begun to get involved. On the other hand, one must wonder whether these challenges were partly created by the deficiencies of these very reformers and civil society, be it their |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Slums -- Social aspects -- Brazil
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Slums -- Social aspects -- India
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Slums -- Social aspects
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Brazil
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Landy, Frederic
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| ISBN |
9781908979605 |
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1908979607 |
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