Basic Needs and the Urban Poor - The Provision of Communal Services

List of contents

1. Introduction P. J. Richards 2. Urban Poverty and Basic Needs: The Role of the Public Sector A. M Thomson 3. Urban Low-Income Housing in South-East Asia S. Yeh 4. Building Codes and Regulations in Low Income Settlements D. B. Cook 5. Health Care and the Urban Poor G. J. Ebrahim 6. Water Supply Issues J. Kirke and J. Arthur 7. Human Waste Disposal in Urban Areas J. Pickford 8. Schooling for the Children of the Urban Poor S. Chitnis and C. Suvannathat 9. Improving the Mobility of the Urban Poor G. Roth 10. Conclusions P. J. Richards; Index

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P. J. Richards, A. M. Thomson

Summary

Originally published in 1984. The diverse problems suffered by the urban poor in Asia and the means by which their welfare levels can be raised are investigated comprehensively in this study. All chapters, written by specialists, deal with a particular subject but the general theme remains that the factors causing urban poverty and low income levels are interconnected and transmitted from one generation to another.
It is intended that this study will lead to discussion of the problems involved in providing services for the urban poor and result in the increased responsiveness of urban management. This title will be of interest to students of urban and development studies.

Product details

• Authors: P. J. Thomson Richards
• Assisted by: P. J. Richards (Editor), A. M. Thomson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138057579
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05757-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies; Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Poverty & unemployment, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Urban communities, Poverty and precarity, Social welfare, social policy and social services