Cities with 'slums' : from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa / Marie Huchzermeyer.

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"The UN’s Millennium Development Target to improve the lives of 100 million ’slum’ dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. ... [The book] traces the proliferation of this misunderstanding across several African countries, and explains how current urban pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huchzermeyer, Marie
Language:English
Published: Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Squatter settlements > Africa.
Slums > Government policy > Africa.
Housing policy > South Africa.
Urban poor > Housing > Africa.
Physical Description:viii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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