Subject(s): Urban housing -- Housing policy -- Urban development -- Urban housing for poor in third world some issues : Housing definition, deficit, standards, urban bias and urban growth, land and problem of its acquisition, major policy options -- Role of sites and services in housing policy and programs : Definition and components of site and services, self help housing and related issues, site and services- strategies for housing urban poor in developing countries -- Sites and services component of Madras urban development project I : Technical and social aspects of sites and services economic and organizational aspects