Title: The Low‑Income Housing Delivery System in Asia
Article in: Low‑Income housing: Technology and Policy, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Vol.3
Authors: Shlomo Angel, Yih‑Yi Chen, Vidyadhar Deshpande, Rashidul Khan, Fashirdjal Noor, Vitaliano Sabalo and Upali Vandebona
First published: 1978
Pages: 1177‑1218
Overview: The focus of this article is the entire system for delivering low-income housing in Asia. Understanding the housing situation in Asia requires an investigation of the system of arrangements that low-income people make for obtaining adequate shelter for themselves. This system ranges over the entire realm of social and economic institutions and agreements, far beyond the limited concern of government housing agencies with the construction of low-cost housing units, or with incentives to the private construction sector to inspire them to build cheaply.
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