Abstract:
In addition to the major economic problems such as unemployment,
1ow productivity, balance of payment problems etc; housing has
also become one of the major problems in almost all the developing
countries.
In the year 2000, there will be two billion people crowded in the
cities of developing countries. More than half of them carp rise
the absolutely poor people living in cities.1 Slum and squatter
living in urban areas in developing countries are
increasing at a rate that is almost four times faster than overall
world 2 population growth
population
During every 24 hours approximately 50,000 such poverty stricken
children die p re-maturely due to lack of adequate shelter ^adequacy
of food, water and proper sanitation 3 .
