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HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
A Journal for the Study of Human Settlements.
Established at the United Nations Habitat Conference, Vancouver, 1976
Editors
O. H. Koenigsberger S. Groak B. Bernstein
University College London, UK London, UK London, UK
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E. Pefialosa (Chairman) P. Laconte (Vice-Chairman)
Bogota, Colombia University of Louvain, Belgium
J. Abu-Lughod G. Knight M. Nerfin
North-Western University Urban Development Corporation Bursins, Switzerland
Evanston, USA Kingston, Jamaica ‘
. Ramachandran
Masao Ando
. Stal F. Krimgold UN Centre for Human Settlements
Pre -= ei — Bethesda, Maryland, USA Nairobi, Kenya
University of Manchester, UK GC. Leet A. Rapoport
E. A. Boateng UN Capital Development Fund University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
Accra, Ghana New York, USA USA
L. Currie
Universidad de los Andes W. S. W. Lim i> SEONES
Bogota, Colombia Singapore —
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University of Sydney A. K. Mabogunje _ ae C. Rosser
NSW, Australia Ogun State University, Nigeria ICIMOD
J. B. D’Souza E. Mann Kathmandu, Nepal
AHdymdienriasbtarda,t iveI ndiSat aff College Nairobi, Keny“a Teikini trong
Toronto, Canada
O. Hernandez E. Neira Alva
Universidad Central de Venezuela Miraflores J. F. C. Turner
Caracas, Venezuela Lima, Peru Hastings, UK
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Contents
Volume 16 Number 1
Editorial
Tade Akin Aina Land Tenure in Lagos 3
Olusola Adebola Women in the Informal House-Building Industry in Nigeria 17
Labeodan }
Olusimibo O. Ogunsote Computer Assessment of Architectural Design 25
Lee Ogunshakin and The Collapse of Official Housing Policy in Nigeria 41
Lasun Olayiwola
Tunde Agbola Non-governmental Organisations in East and West Africa 55
Albert A. Segynola Cooperative Societies and Rural Development in Northern 63
Bendel, Nigeria
’Wale Fadare and Squatter Settlements in Port Harcourt 71
Ralph Mills-Tettey
C.O. Olatubara and Cost Recovery in Nigerian Public Housing 83
S.B. Agbola
Geoffrey I. Nwaka Development Control and Shelter Provision in Nigerian 95
Cities
Odion M. Odaman Fertility Decline in Nigeria. The Case of Ekpoma Region, 113
Bendel State
Volume 16 Number 2
Editorial 1
Preface 3
Michael Safier Urban Development: Policy Planning and Management. 5
Practitioners’ Perspectives on Public Learning over Three
Decades
Overview
Kenneth Watts Urban Planning and Development 1948-1989. A Personal 13
Memoir
Section 1: Assessments
Gloria Knight Urban Planning and Management in Jamaica. Past 37
Experiences, Issues and Outlook
K.H. Wekwete New Directions for Urban Development in Rapidly 53
Urbanising Countries. The Case of Zimbabwe
Jorge Wilheim Urban Planning in Brazil. The Case of an Ill-developed 65
though Modern Country
Section 2: Appraisals
Akin L. Mabogunje New Initiatives in Urban Planning and Management in 73
Nigeria
J. Bain D’Souza Will Bombay have a Plan? 89
Gabriel Bolaffi Urban Planning in Brazil: Past Experience, Current Trends 99
Section 3: Planning
Alan Turner Urban Planning in the Developing World: Lessons from 113
Experience
David Walton Urban Planning in the Developing World: a Review of
Experience
Nicholas J.O. Miles and Urban Planning in Developing Countries: a Consultant’s
James P. Arthur Assessment
Malcolm Harper The City as a Home for Enterprise: Has Anything Changed
for the Informal Sector?
Giles Clarke Towards Appropriate Forms of Urban Spatial Planning
Section 4: Management
Nathaniel Von Einsiedel Future Directions of Urban Planning in the Philippines
Naeen Ahmed Managing Urban Growth in Karachi
Sheilah Meikle Reflections on the Performance of Urban Planning Projects.
Experience of Egypt and Iraq Compared
Volume 16 Number 3
Editorial
Zilton Luiz Macedo The Dynamics of the Metropolitan Sao Paulo Economy,
1940—1990
Donatus C.I. Okpala Housing Production Systems and Technologies in
Developing Countries: a Review of the Experiences and
Possible Future Trends/Prospects
Lee Kiang Quah A Plan of Action for Maintaining and Modernising the Built
Stock in Developing Countries (with Special Reference to
Singapore)
Ambe J. Njoh The Institutional Framework for Housing Policy
Administration in Cameroon
Charles L. Choguill and Building Databases to Facilitate Construction and Housing
Ana Mercia Silva-Roberts in the Developing World. Results of an International Survey
Karim Hadjri Current Algerian Housing Policies Affecting the Methods
for Housing Provision
Serge Domicelj Recreational Visitation and Cultural Development: Push or
Pull? Issues in Tourism and Leisure Planning
Brian Field Singapore’s New Town Prototype: a Textbook Prescription?
Low Sui Pheng and A Revisit to Turin’s Paradigm. Construction and
Christopher H.Y. Leong Development in the 1970s and 1980s
Ranko Bon The Future of International Construction. Secular Patterns
of Growth and Decline
Volume 16 Number 4
Editorial
Vajira Pathirana and The Community Contract System in Sri Lanka. An
Yap Kioe Sheng Innovative Approach for the Delivery of Basic Services
to the Urban Poor
David E. Dowall The Benefits of Minimal Land Development Regulation
Adil Mustafa Ahmad The Neighbourhoods of Khartoum. Reflections on their
Functions, Forms and Future
R.W. Archer An Outline Urban Land Policy for the Developing Countries
of Asia
Adenrele Awotona Approaches to Post-war Reconstruction and Development.
Lessons from Africa
iv
Vittorio E. Pareto A Model to Assess Urban Conditions and Dimension 99
Development Projects
Christopher S. Davies Settlement Evolution of ‘Colonias’ along the US—Mexico 119
and Robert K. Holz Border. The Case of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
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