International Cooperation for Human Settlements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18940980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorge E Hardoy (International Institute for Environment and Development, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 3-28 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0023879100033823 |
| OpenAlex | W4312705636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Half of all urban dwellers and eight out of every ten rural inhabitants in developing countries live in inadequate and badly equipped housing, crowded together and subjected to unacceptable environmental conditions. This means that in the countries of the Third World alone more than 2,300 million people live in housing that is without (or has only insufficient) services and that is marked as well by varying degrees of deterioration. The need to construct new units to absorb the natural increase in the population, to overcome gradually the qualitative deficit indicated above, and to renew existing stock makes housing and complementary services the major investment that must be made if one of the basic needs of the population is to be met. “A house is something more than a simple or complex construction, detached or grouped, forming an agglomeration that might have diverse forms and functions. Defined as a dwelling, this construction is converted into an essential aspect of man's existence as a social being and his way of life on earth.”
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| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |