Holding their ground : secure land tenure for the urban poor in developing countries / edited by Alain Durand-Lasserve and Lauren Royston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Durand-Lasserve, Alain.

Royston, Lauren, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Developing countries.

Land tenure.

City planning--Developing countries.

City planning.

Urban poor--Developing countries--Social conditions.

Urban poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Earthscan, 2002.

London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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

South Africa's long history of tenure insecurity

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-47642-7

1-84977-156-1

1-136-56414-4

9786610476428

1-136-56413-6

600-00-0252-1

1-4175-4256-X

9781849771566

OCLC:

804665564