Holding Their Ground : Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries.

Holding Their Ground : Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Durand-Lasserve, Alain
Other Authors: Royston, Lauren
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
Land tenure > Developing countries.
Urban poor > Developing countries.
Land tenure
Urban poor
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. International Trends and Country Contexts
  • From Tenure Regularization to Tenure Security; Background; Irregular settlements and security of tenure; From tenure regularization to security of tenure: The ongoing debate on strategies regarding tenure issues for the urban poor; A framework for positioning Indian, Brazilian and South African tenure security policies in the international debate.
  • Key themes for a comparative reading of the country chapters in the context of global issuesPart 1: India; 2. Security of Tenure in Indian Cities; An overview of policy and practice; Governance of urban land in India; Security of tenure in national policy; Determinants of policy reorientation; Instruments for policy implementation; Irregular settlements in Indian cities; Examples of strategies, tools and techniques for providing security of tenure to squatter settlements; Conclusion; 3. Policies for Tenure Security in Delhi; The city development context; Urban land policy.
  • Settlement typologies and land tenureGovernment policies; Conclusion; 4. Security of Tenure: Mumbai's Experience; Types of tenure arrangements in the city of Mumbai; Assessment of the tenure status of the urban poor; Interventions for security of tenure; Case studies of intervention around issues of tenure; 5. Security of Tenure of Irregular Settlements in Visakhapatnam; Informal settlements in a rapidly growing city; Slum improvement and tenure regularization: Two decades of experience; Security of tenure in slums: The different paths; Unauthorized layouts and their regularization.
  • Part 2: Brazil6. Providing Security of Land Tenure for the Urban Poor: The Brazilian Experience; Introduction; Access to urban land and housing; Legal provisions and the state's responses; Interests at stake, social practices and legal pluralism; Urban policy in the 1988 federal constitution; Conclusion; 7. Security of Tenure in São Paulo; The usucapião right and 'adverse possession'; Some urban usucapião cases in the City of São Paulo; Conclusions; 8. The Right to Housing and the Prevention of Forced Evictions in Brazil; The right to housing and the role of the state.
  • Housing policy: Obligations and responsibilities of the stateTypes of urban conflicts; Actions taken by housing movements; Measures to combat forced evictions; Regulatory measures concerning property use and ownership; The creation of special social interest zones; The way forward; 9. Favela Bairro: A Brief Institutional Analysis of the Programme and its Land Aspects; The Favela Bairro programme; Land tenure issues of the Favela Bairro programme and its regularization; Conclusions; Part 3: South Africa; 10. Security of Urban Tenure in South Africa: Overview of Policy and Practice.

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