Statement of responsibility:

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

Nairobi : United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), 1991.

Physical Description:

vi, 114 p., 1(folded page) : maps ; 30 cm.

Language:

ISBN:

9211311632

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Slums – Government policy.
Relocation (Housing) – Evaluation.
Urban poor – Government policy.

Class. No:

Pamphlet HV 4028 .E93 1991

Accession No:

21461

General Note:

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 114).

General Note:

“HS

General Note:

240

General Note:

91 E”.

General Note:

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).