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035			_a(Sirsi) u125153
041			_aeng
245			_aHousing and urban development initiatives as a means towards the alleviation of poverty _h[electronic resource]
260			_bRICS Foundation _c2004
490			_aRICS Foundation Our Common Estate Series
520			_aOver the years, housing and urban development in the developing world have been discussed at various fora and in the print media. The story, however, remains the same. Millions of people in the developing world are living in health- and life-threatening conditions in housing developments in various urban centres. Ghana is no exception to this. This paper discusses housing and urban development initiatives as means towards the alleviation of poverty. It traces housing and urban development strategies in Ghanaian urban centres and concludes that to alleviate poverty in Ghanaian urban settlements, it is necessary to take a critical look at issues such as building regulations and codes of practice, problems of urban land acquisition, housing financing, and last but not the least, provision of services in the urban settlements.
651		4	_aGhana
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.rics.org/Global/Downloads/HousingUrbanDevelopment200405.pdf _zView the research at www.rics.org
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999			_c103359 _d103359