Holding Their Ground : Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries
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| Title: | Holding Their Ground : Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
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| Description: | Security of land tenure for the urban poor is now a major problem for developing cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This book presents and analyzes the main conclusions of a comparative research programme on land tenure issues. It looks at how solutions can be found and implemented to respond to the demands and needs of the majority of squatters and informal settlements, and analyzes how urban stakeholders, with different social, legal and economic constraints, find innovative and flexible solutions. The book is intended to fill a gap in the literature on comparative research on tenure policies and should be useful to researchers and professionals involved in defining and instigating tenure upgrading policies and programmes. |
| Authors: | Alain Durand-Lasserve, Lauren Royston |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Urban poor--Developing countries--Social conditions, Urban poor--Developing countries, Land tenure--Developing countries, City planning--Developing countries |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Security of land tenure for the urban poor is now a major problem for developing cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This book presents and analyzes the main conclusions of a comparative research programme on land tenure issues. It looks at how solutions can be found and implemented to respond to the demands and needs of the majority of squatters and informal settlements, and analyzes how urban stakeholders, with different social, legal and economic constraints, find innovative and flexible solutions. The book is intended to fill a gap in the literature on comparative research on tenure policies and should be useful to researchers and professionals involved in defining and instigating tenure upgrading policies and programmes. |
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| ISBN: | 9781853838903 9781853838910 9781136564147 9781136564130 9781136564116 9781849771566 |
