Housing Diversity and Consolidation in Low-Income Colonias: Patterns of House Form and Household Arrangements in Colonias of the US-Mexico Border

Housing Diversity and Consolidation in Low-Income Colonias: Patterns of House Form and Household Arrangements in Colonias of the US-Mexico Border

Colonias are low-income settlements on the US-Mexico border characterized by poor infrastructure, minimum services, and an active housing construction with a high self-help and self-management component. Housing in colonias is very diverse showing house forms that include temporary and permanent str...

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Main Author: Reimers-Arias, Carlos Alberto
Other Authors: Seidel, Andrew D.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Subjects:
colonia
housing
low-income settlement
self-help housing
consolidation
incremental housing
informal housing
informal settlement
borderland studies
house form
progressive development
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-08-907

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