Title: The Down‑Market Trend in Housing Production in Bangkok (1990) Article in: Third World Planning Review Authors: Shlomo Angel, Sureeporn Chuated First published: 1990 Overview: There is usually a broad segment in which housing authorities can operate without significant competition from the private sector. Lack of private-sector interest in this niche leads to the conclusion that it is unprofitable, and provides [...]
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Informal Land Subdivision in Bangkok (1990)
Title: Informal Land Subdivision in Bangkok Article in: The Transformation of Land Supply Systems in Third World Cities Authors: Shlomo Angel and Sopon Pornchokchai First published: 1990 Overview: By 1950, the residential sector in Bangkok was made up of three major components: individually-built houses on relatively large plots of land shophouses, and densely-built slum areas. Beginning in the 1950s, [...]
Portable Electronic Scale of Minimal Thickness and Weight (1989)
Patent Name: Portable Electronic Scale of Minimal Thickness and Weight U.S. Patent Number: 4800973 A Inventor: Shlomo Angel Date patented: January 31, 1989 Overview: A portable electronic scale of minimal thickness and weight is provided which is suitable for measuring the weight of an individual or object and which can be easily carried in a bag, stored in a cabinet [...]
The Low-Cost Rental Housing Market in Bangkok, 1987 (1989)
Title: The Low-Cost Rental Housing Market in Bangkok, 1987 (1989) Article in: Habitat International, vol. 13, issue 3 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Parpis Amtapunth First published: 1989 Pages: 173-185 Overview: This pilot study of the low-cost rental housing market in Bangkok forms a part of a more general investigation by the Bangkok Land Management Study Team of the housing delivery system aimed at [...]
Bangkok Slum Lands (1989)
Title: Bangkok Slum Lands: Policy Implications of Recent Findings (1989) Article in: Cities Authors: Shlomo Angel, Sopon Pornchokchai First published: May, 1989 Pages: 136‑146 Overview: This pilot study of the size and growth of slum lands in Bangkok from 1974 to 1984 forms part of the general investigation by the Bangkok Land Management Study Team entitled The Land and Housing Markets of [...]
Where Have All the People Gone? (1988)
Title: Where Have All the People Gone?: Urbanization and Counter-Urbanization in Thailand Article in: Journal of the Siam Society Authors: Shlomo Angel First published: 1988 Pages: 245-259 Overview: This essay seeks to explode some of the prevailing myths regarding migration and settlement in Thailand. Between 1961 and 1982 for example, the rural population of Thailand grew from 24 to 43 million people. The [...]
Land Sharing as an Alternative to Eviction (1988)
Title: Land Sharing as an Alternative to Eviction: The Bangkok Experience Article in: Third World Planning Review, Vol. 10, No. 2 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Somsook Boonyabancha First published: May 1988 Pages: 107-127 Overview: This essays reflects upon five recent projects in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, where the housing problem of inner-city slum dwellers was resolved in an innovative manner by negotiating agreements [...]
Mutual‑Aid: House Construction through Building Groups (1986)
Title: Mutual‑Aid: House Construction through Building Groups (1986) -unpublished Article Information: a training module prepared for the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, Nairobi Authors: Shlomo Angel Date: 1986 Overview: Each chapter in this module presents a set of issues related to mutual aid, usually in the form of questions. The purpose of the training sessions is to discuss these [...]
Slum Reconstruction: Land Sharing as an Alternative to Eviction (1983)
Title: Slum Reconstruction: Land Sharing as an Alternative to Eviction Article in: Angel, Archer, Tanphiphat and Wegelin, editors, Land for Housing the Poor, Select Books, Singapore Authors: Shlomo Angel, Thipparat Chirathamkijkul First published: 1983 Pages: 430-460 Overview: The aim of this paper is to test the validity of one particular method of granting land tenure and improving the housing conditions of slum dwellers [...]
Land Tenure for the Urban Poor (1983)
Title: Land Tenure for the Urban Poor Article in: Angel, Archer, Tanphiphat and Wegelin, editors, Land for Housing the Poor, Select Books, Singapore Authors: Shlomo Angel First published: 1983 Pages: 110‑142 Overview: Observers of slums and squatter settlements in the Third World have often noted that, left to their own resources, poor people gradually improve their shelter over time. Poor as [...]
