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The efforts of a federation of slum and shanty dwellers to secure land and improve housing in Moratuwa: from savings groups to citywide strategies [1]

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In Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, the tsunami disaster of 2004 forced new ways of working on both organizations of the urban poor and local authorities.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Gordon McGranahan [2], Celine D'Cruz [3], Upali Sumithre [4]
Environment & Urbanisation [5]
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Sri Lanka [6], NGO [7], Slums [8], Slum Upgrading [9], Land Acquisition [10], Habitat And Urbanisation [11], Land Tenure [12]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gordon-mcgranahan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/celine-dcruz
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/upali-sumithre
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environment-urbanisation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slum-upgrading
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-acquisition
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-tenure