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Karachi: Migrants, Housing and Housing Policy
by Linden, Jan. van der; Selier, Frits
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9694020263
- ISBN 13
- 9789694020266
- Seller
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About This Item
Lahore, Pakistan: Vangaurd, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a collection of articles on migrants and low-income housing in Karachi, Pakistan, based on research carried out by the Amsterdam Free University's Department of Sociology of Development since 1968; the volume is in three parts; the first part sets the stage with articles on rural-urban migration, informal housing, government housing policies, and squatting; the second part is devoted to upgrading and legalization of autonomous settlements; the third part concentrates on interlinkages of political interests and the informal housing systems (white laminated cover, spine ends slightly creased, small brown mark on rear cover; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004464
- Title
- Karachi: Migrants, Housing and Housing Policy
- Author
- Linden, Jan. van der; Selier, Frits
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9694020263
- ISBN 13
- 9789694020266
- Publisher
- Vangaurd
- Place of Publication
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Date Published
- 1991
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