Whereas most experts recognize the substantial differences in the construction sector between developed and developing countries, very little is known about <italic>how</italic> and <italic>to what extent</italic> construction project governance actually differs between the two contexts. In order to shed light on these...

Natural cataclysms (earthquakes, hurricanes and so forth) become natural disasters when they coincide with vulnerabilities; unfortunately, informal settlements in developing countries are only too often highly vulnerable - a reality amply and unhappily confirmed by available statistics. In this...