Evaluation of relocation experience / United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat).

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: Nairobi : United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), 1991.Description: vi, 114 p., 1(folded page) : maps ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9211311632
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • Pamphlet HV 4028 .E93 1991

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 114).

“HS

240

91 E”.

Summary: “In this report, an effort has been made to trace the relationships between rapid urban population growth and the development of slums and squatter settlements in Nigeria. The existence of these types of urban settlements usually give rise to the intervention of the government or its agencies to upgrade them in order to provide the affected residents with a liveable environment. Whenever the government intervenes in such cases, the resultant effects are manifested in initial displacement of the residents who live in the affected areas and their subsequent relocation…”—(p. 112).