| Low-Cost Housing in Barbados: Evolution or Social Revolution? Contributor(s): Watson, Mark R. (Author), Potter, Robert B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9766400482 ISBN-13: 9789766400484 Publisher: University of the West Indies Press OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1998 Annotation: The Barbados Tenantries Programme provides an example of what can take place when the state elects to intervene in low-income housing and to facilitate housing upgrading based on self-help principles and vernacular architectural forms. Watson and Potter's work provides the first ever empirical study of the plantation tenantries since the upgrading programme began in the 1980s, and examines contemporary housing conditions and rates of improvement on 150 tenantries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 363.5 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.06" W x 9.03" (1.47 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Barbados Tenantries Programme provides an example of what can take place when the state elects to intervene in low-income housing. This work offers an empirical study of the plantation tenantries since the upgrading programme began in the 1980s, examining different aspects of 150 tenantries. |