Book reviews: Hardoy,J.,Cairncross,S. and Satterthwaite,D.,editors,1990: The poor die young: housing and health in third world cities. London: Earthscan. xxvi + 310 pp. £9.95 paper. ISBN: 1 85383 019 4

Hardoy, J.E. and Satterthwaite, D. 1989: Squatter citizen: life in the urban third world. London: Earthscan Publications.

Pryor, J. and Crook, N. 1988: Cities of hunger. Oxford: Oxfam Publications.