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Amartya Sen, the World Bank, and the Redress of Urban Poverty: A Brazilian Case Study

Frediani, Alexandre Apsan - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 8 (2007) 1, pp. 133-152

While there is some suggestion of a re-orientation in the World Bank's income-cantered conceptualization of poverty to one based on Amartya Sen's concept of 'development as freedom', it is hard to uncover definitive evidence of such a re-orientation from a study of the Bank's urban programmes in...

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The Shek Kip Mei myth : squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963

Smart, Alan - 2006

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Evaluating and Reducing Earthquake Risks of Squatter Settlements in Istanbul

Gökmen, Gülçin Pulat; Yüksel, Yurdanur Dülgeroglu; … - In: Open House International 31 (2006) 1, pp. 116-124

degraded. The aim of this article is to discuss the upgrading of squatter settlements through a mitigation process considering … disaster in various squatter settlements in Istanbul were scrutinised. Also, earthquake-forecasting reports were analysed in … conjunction with squatter maps to extract data for the purpose of upgrading squatter settlements through rehabilitation …

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Shadow cities : a billion squatters, a new urban world

Neuwirth, Robert - 2005

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A possible way out : formalizing housing informality in Egyptian cities

Soliman, Ahmed M. - 2004

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Unlawful occupation : informal settlements and urban policy in South Africa and Brazil

Huchzermeyer, Marie - 2004

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