01427nam a2200229 i 4500 240115s1997 badk 001 0 eng d 019577664X hbk. GCL 330.9173 ALV Alvi, Imtiaz The Informal Sector In Urban Economy : low Income Housing In Lahore / Imtiaz Alvi Cambridge University Press : Karachi, 1997. xxv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. text rdacontent txt unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes Index. Includes bibliography. Lack of housing remains one of the most urgent and formidable problems confronting developing nations today. Despite various efforts to tackle the issue, the problem remains unsolved. Considering the high population growth rate in Pakistan, the problem is likely to get more acute in the near future. The time is therefore ripe to review the policies for housing for the urban poor, to evaluate the current state of knowledge. This book seeks to clarify the scope and limitation of self-help housing both as a concept and as a practice and to contribute to the current state of knowledge by presenting a case study of Lahore.Imtiaz Alvi is Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Economics ddc 0 0 ddc 0 330_917300000000000_ALV 0 1912 LPL LPL BK 2024-01-15 0 330.9173 ALV 10214 2024-01-15 13:22:42 2024-01-15 BK 1232 1232