Housing Finance Strategies of Informal Settlement Dwellers Factors of Influence and Impacts of Planned Interventions in Dar Es Salaam |
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| Author:
| Rudic, Christiane |
| Series title: | Beitrage Zur Afrikaforschung Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-643-90729-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Lit Verlag
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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Access to housing and to housing finance remains a challenge in African cities. This study examines the housing finance strategies of informal settlement dwellers in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and identifies a range of factors that enable or constrain actors to make investments in housing. Based on ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this study provides detailed insights into individual housing biographies, and explains why some actors invest in housing, while others do...
More DescriptionAccess to housing and to housing finance remains a challenge in African cities. This study examines the housing finance strategies of informal settlement dwellers in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and identifies a range of factors that enable or constrain actors to make investments in housing. Based on ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this study provides detailed insights into individual housing biographies, and explains why some actors invest in housing, while others do not. It finally challenges widely accepted development concepts like the provision of housing microfinance, land regularisation, infrastructure upgrading and eviction and argues for a deeper understanding of everyday lives in order to improve housing conditions. Christiane Rudic studied Geography with particular focus on urban development and housing at Bayreuth University. Dissertation. (Series: Contributions to African Research / Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 68) [Subject: Sociology, African Studies, Urban Development]