Illegal cities : law and urban change in developing countries

1998-01-01book195 citationsclosed

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Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Planning and Governance Latin American Urban Studies

Abstract

In the major cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the urban poor often have to step outside the law to gain access to housing. This book seeks to answer why this is and what should be done about it, and to challenge uncritical treatment of the subject.

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