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HABITAT | INTERNATIONAL A Journal for the study of Human Settlements. Established at the United Nations Habitat Conference, Vancouver, 1976 Volume Contents and Author Index for Volume 16, 1992 Oxford New York Seoul Tokyo HABITAT INTERNATIONAL A Journal for the Study of Human Settlements. Established at the United Nations Habitat Conference, Vancouver, 1976 Editors O. H. Koenigsberger S. Groak B. Bernstein University College London, UK London, UK London, UK Editorial address: Garden Flat, 300 West End Lane, London NW6 1LN, UK Editorial Board E. Pefialosa (Chairman) P. Laconte (Vice-Chairman) Bogota, Colombia University of Louvain, Belgium J. Abu-Lughod G. Knight M. Nerfin North-Western University Urban Development Corporation Bursins, Switzerland Evanston, USA Kingston, Jamaica ‘ . Ramachandran Masao Ando . Stal F. Krimgold UN Centre for Human Settlements Pre -= ei — Bethesda, Maryland, USA Nairobi, Kenya University of Manchester, UK GC. Leet A. Rapoport E. A. Boateng UN Capital Development Fund University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Accra, Ghana New York, USA USA L. Currie Universidad de los Andes W. S. W. Lim i> SEONES Bogota, Colombia Singapore — S University of Sydney A. K. Mabogunje _ ae C. Rosser NSW, Australia Ogun State University, Nigeria ICIMOD J. B. D’Souza E. Mann Kathmandu, Nepal AHdymdienriasbtarda,t iveI ndiSat aff College Nairobi, Keny“a Teikini trong Toronto, Canada O. Hernandez E. Neira Alva Universidad Central de Venezuela Miraflores J. F. C. Turner Caracas, Venezuela Lima, Peru Hastings, UK The views expressed in articles published in HABITAT INTERNATIONAL are those of the author(s) concerned and are not necessarily those of the Editors, the Publishers or any member of the Editorial Board. Moreover, unless otherwise indicated the views expressed do not necessarily -eflect those of any organisation, firm or institution with which the author(s) may have been associated. 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Publishing and Advertising Offices Pergamon Press Ltd, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, UK Pergamon Press Inc., 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-5153, USA Published Quarterly in May, July, September and November Copyright © 1993 Pergamon Press Ltd Contents Volume 16 Number 1 Editorial Tade Akin Aina Land Tenure in Lagos 3 Olusola Adebola Women in the Informal House-Building Industry in Nigeria 17 Labeodan } Olusimibo O. Ogunsote Computer Assessment of Architectural Design 25 Lee Ogunshakin and The Collapse of Official Housing Policy in Nigeria 41 Lasun Olayiwola Tunde Agbola Non-governmental Organisations in East and West Africa 55 Albert A. Segynola Cooperative Societies and Rural Development in Northern 63 Bendel, Nigeria ’Wale Fadare and Squatter Settlements in Port Harcourt 71 Ralph Mills-Tettey C.O. Olatubara and Cost Recovery in Nigerian Public Housing 83 S.B. Agbola Geoffrey I. Nwaka Development Control and Shelter Provision in Nigerian 95 Cities Odion M. Odaman Fertility Decline in Nigeria. The Case of Ekpoma Region, 113 Bendel State Volume 16 Number 2 Editorial 1 Preface 3 Michael Safier Urban Development: Policy Planning and Management. 5 Practitioners’ Perspectives on Public Learning over Three Decades Overview Kenneth Watts Urban Planning and Development 1948-1989. A Personal 13 Memoir Section 1: Assessments Gloria Knight Urban Planning and Management in Jamaica. Past 37 Experiences, Issues and Outlook K.H. Wekwete New Directions for Urban Development in Rapidly 53 Urbanising Countries. The Case of Zimbabwe Jorge Wilheim Urban Planning in Brazil. The Case of an Ill-developed 65 though Modern Country Section 2: Appraisals Akin L. Mabogunje New Initiatives in Urban Planning and Management in 73 Nigeria J. Bain D’Souza Will Bombay have a Plan? 89 Gabriel Bolaffi Urban Planning in Brazil: Past Experience, Current Trends 99 Section 3: Planning Alan Turner Urban Planning in the Developing World: Lessons from 113 Experience David Walton Urban Planning in the Developing World: a Review of Experience Nicholas J.O. Miles and Urban Planning in Developing Countries: a Consultant’s James P. Arthur Assessment Malcolm Harper The City as a Home for Enterprise: Has Anything Changed for the Informal Sector? Giles Clarke Towards Appropriate Forms of Urban Spatial Planning Section 4: Management Nathaniel Von Einsiedel Future Directions of Urban Planning in the Philippines Naeen Ahmed Managing Urban Growth in Karachi Sheilah Meikle Reflections on the Performance of Urban Planning Projects. Experience of Egypt and Iraq Compared Volume 16 Number 3 Editorial Zilton Luiz Macedo The Dynamics of the Metropolitan Sao Paulo Economy, 1940—1990 Donatus C.I. Okpala Housing Production Systems and Technologies in Developing Countries: a Review of the Experiences and Possible Future Trends/Prospects Lee Kiang Quah A Plan of Action for Maintaining and Modernising the Built Stock in Developing Countries (with Special Reference to Singapore) Ambe J. Njoh The Institutional Framework for Housing Policy Administration in Cameroon Charles L. Choguill and Building Databases to Facilitate Construction and Housing Ana Mercia Silva-Roberts in the Developing World. Results of an International Survey Karim Hadjri Current Algerian Housing Policies Affecting the Methods for Housing Provision Serge Domicelj Recreational Visitation and Cultural Development: Push or Pull? Issues in Tourism and Leisure Planning Brian Field Singapore’s New Town Prototype: a Textbook Prescription? Low Sui Pheng and A Revisit to Turin’s Paradigm. Construction and Christopher H.Y. Leong Development in the 1970s and 1980s Ranko Bon The Future of International Construction. Secular Patterns of Growth and Decline Volume 16 Number 4 Editorial Vajira Pathirana and The Community Contract System in Sri Lanka. An Yap Kioe Sheng Innovative Approach for the Delivery of Basic Services to the Urban Poor David E. Dowall The Benefits of Minimal Land Development Regulation Adil Mustafa Ahmad The Neighbourhoods of Khartoum. Reflections on their Functions, Forms and Future R.W. Archer An Outline Urban Land Policy for the Developing Countries of Asia Adenrele Awotona Approaches to Post-war Reconstruction and Development. Lessons from Africa iv Vittorio E. Pareto A Model to Assess Urban Conditions and Dimension 99 Development Projects Christopher S. Davies Settlement Evolution of ‘Colonias’ along the US—Mexico 119 and Robert K. Holz Border. The Case of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Volume Contents and Author Index for Volume 16, 1992 Reproduced with the permission of Pergamon Press Inc., by University Microfilms Inc. 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