ERIC Number: EJ143601
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Publication Date: 1976
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Better Housing Through Self-Help
Opat, Ellen-Jane
Design and Environment, 7, 1, 36-41, 76
Three case studies describe successful squatter settlements in Panama City, Panama, San Salvador, El Salvador and Lusaka, Zambia and show how governments have improved the condition of squatters by utilizing government loans, sites and services projects, foreign technical and financial aid and private non-profit developers, instead of eliminating or ignoring them. (BT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Housing, Housing Needs, Migrants, Planning, Poverty, Urban Environment, Urban Problems, Urbanization
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