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In defence of housing
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In this article, the authors reviewed basic housing conditions in Costa Rica during the 1980s and described the National Housing Programme implemented under the Arias administration (1986-1990) and the National Bamboo Programme, initiated within this framework, as a prototypical approach to using inexpensive local building materials.About:
This article is published in Habitat International.The article was published on 1993-01-01. It has received 10 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: National security & Domestic policy.read more
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An Institutional Approach to Analysis of State Capacity in Housing Systems in the Developing World: Case Studies in South Africa and Costa Rica
Paul Jenkins,Harry Smith +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the constraints that state capacity can have on state-society relationships within the broader context of negotiations between the state, the market and society on housing policy and delivery issues.
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Drivers of export-led agriculture in Ghana: the case of emerging cashew production in Ghana's Brong Ahafo region
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors adopt a political ecology approach to demonstrate how the historical legacy of export-led agriculture and its integration of local agriculture into the global market drives the production of cashew nuts in Ghana.
An appraisal of basic infrastructural service delivery and community participation at the local level a case study of three municipalities in the Eastern Cape
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a Table of Table of Tables of Table 1.1.2.3, Table 2.3.4.4, Table 3.5.
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The role and significance of planning in the determination of house prices in Australia: Recent policy debates:
Peter Phibbs,Nicole Gurran +1 more
TL;DR: On the world stage, Australian cities have been punching above their weight in global indexes of housing prices, sparking heated debates about the causes of and remedies for, sustained house price growth.
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The slow road to a new home: The experiences of the first generation of South Sudanese Western Australians settled in Perth
TL;DR: The authors analyzed the case study of the South Sudanese migrants and profiles this group, analysing factors that contribute to improving their financial independence (education, employment and income) and housing outcomes, with the aim to evaluate their overall economic position in relation to accessing the housing market.
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