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Cliff, Ursula – Design and Environment, 1975
This article traces the history and development of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. This foundation has been notably successful in preserving neighborhoods for their original inhabitants and now has the first urban renewal program to be based on historic preservation for poor people. (BT)
Descriptors: Community Change, Development, Ghettos, Neighborhood Improvement
Cliff, Ursula – Design and Environment, 1976
Reviewed herein are the ideas of nine men who have addressed themselves to the problems of human settlements in this century. The ideas reviewed include those of Arnold Toynbee, Lewis Mumford, Hassan Fathy, Buckminster Fuller, Constantinos Doxiadis, Charles Correa, Paul Mwaluko, Robert McNamara and John F. C. Turner. (BT)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Housing, Housing Needs, Migrants
Opat, Ellen-Jane – Design and Environment, 1976
Three case studies describe successful squatter settlements in Panama City, Panama, San Salvador, El Salvador and Lusaka, Zambia and show how governments have improved the condition of squatters by utilizing government loans, sites and services projects, foreign technical and financial aid and private non-profit developers, instead of eliminating…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Housing, Housing Needs