Chapter Four: Studying Urban Poverty

 

Chapter Four: Studying Urban Poverty


 

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
VOL LXXII NO.95 DECEMBER 2017

 
 
Title : 
Chapter Four: Studying Urban Poverty

Author : 
Joseph Ko Tee Hock

Abstract:
This relatively longer chapter identifies and reviews the seven aspects of poverty, its socioeconomic objectives, and methods and problems of quantifying the poverty concept. Included also in this chapter is a more focused analysis on urban poverty in Sarawak to meet both income and welfare objectives of helping the targeted population, especially the squatters’ settlements.

DOI:
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How to cite:
Joseph Ko Tee Hock. (2017). Chapter Four: Studying Urban Poverty. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXXVII (98) : 147-212

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