Katherine Gough
Professor
Sustainable human settlements in the Third World
Författare
Summary, in English
The continuing failure of most human settlement planning in Third World cities, together with the increasing concern for sustainable development, have resulted in a new focus on sustainable urbanisation. This paper examines the nature of the debate which has arisen on the concept of sustainable urbanisation in the Third World. Two of the main physical aspects of sustainable human settlements, land and building materials, are then focused on. Drawing upon personal research experiences in Ghana and Colombia, it is shown how complex these issues can be and hence the difficulties inherent in any attempt to achieve sustainable human settlement development.
Publiceringsår
1999
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
69-74
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Geografisk Tidsskrift
Avvikelse
SPEC. ISS. 1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Human Geography
Nyckelord
- Building materials
- Land
- Sustainable human settlements
- Third World
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0016-7223