Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides a comprehensive view of the problematique of urban children in developing countries. The authors begin by demonstrating why it is important to address housing and settlement-related problems faced by children in developing countries. They emphasise that the problematique under scrutiny is so vast that one could face serious difficulties in trying to implement a multitude of isolated/parallel projects and programmes to address a vast number of particular issues. The book demonstrates the existence of strong linkages between the issues analyzed. It suggests that a child-centred integrated approach constitutes a good priority for intervention. In terms of evaluation, one could also face difficulties if trying to devise an all-inclusive method for the whole developing world. The authors therefore suggest that a simple set of general indicators for evaluation which have had international approval should be used in conjunction with locally-constructed indicators.
