Evictions and the right to housing : experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea / edited by Antonio Azuela, Emilio Duhau, and Enrique Ortiz.

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TextPublication details: Ottawa, Ont. : International Development Research Centre, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781552502792
1552502791
0889368619
9780889368613
1282055003
9781282055001
9786612055003
6612055006

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evictions and the right to housing.DDC classification:

363.5 22

LOC classification:

HD7287 .E95 1998eb

Other classification:

MS 1810

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Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Canada: Hallmark Events, Evictions, and Housing Rights; Chapter 2 Chile: The Eviction of Low-income Residents from Central Santiago de Chile; Chapter 3 The Dominican Republic: Urban Renewal and Evictions in Santo Domingo; Chapter 4 South Africa: The Struggle for Access to the City in the Witwatersrand Region; Chapter 5 South Korea: Experiences of Eviction in Seoul; Chapter 6 Overview: The Evolution of Housing Rights and Their Social Context; Appendix 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations; Bibliography

Summary: This book tells the story of evictions and planned evictions in the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. It explores the housing plight of Santiago de Chile's urban poor during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. It looks at how the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in America resulted in mass evictions in Santo Domingo. In South Africa, it describes the Witwatersrand region in the years prior to the elimination of apartheid. Finally, the book looks at the startling results of Seoul's "urban renovation" policies. It examines both the political and economic forces driving evictions.--Publisher's description.

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This book tells the story of evictions and planned evictions in the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. It explores the housing plight of Santiago de Chile's urban poor during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. It looks at how the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in America resulted in mass evictions in Santo Domingo. In South Africa, it describes the Witwatersrand region in the years prior to the elimination of apartheid. Finally, the book looks at the startling results of Seoul's "urban renovation" policies. It examines both the political and economic forces driving evictions.--Publisher's description.