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| 008 | 240115s1997 badk 001 0 eng d | ||
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_a019577664X _qhbk. |
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_a330.9173 _bALV |
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| 100 | 1 | 0 | _aAlvi, Imtiaz |
| 245 | 1 | 4 |
_aThe Informal Sector In Urban Economy : _blow Income Housing In Lahore / _cImtiaz Alvi |
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_bCambridge University Press : _aKarachi, _c1997. |
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_axxv, 323 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm. |
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_atext _brdacontent _2txt |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aIncludes Index. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliography. | ||
| 520 | _aLack 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. | ||
| 650 | _aEconomics | ||
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