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

by Alain Durand-Lasserve (Editor), Lauren Royston (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136564130
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/23/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	906 KB

About the Author

Alain Durand-Lasserve is a research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France, specializing in urban land management and policies in developing countries.
Lauren Royston is a development planner, specializing in land and housing and integrated development planning. She is currently co-principle of Development Works, an urban development organization based in Johannesburg.

Table of Contents

International Trends and Country Contexts - From Tenure Regularization to Tenure Security * Part 1 India - Security of Tenure in Indian Cities * Policies for Tenure Security in Delhi * Security of Tenure: Mumbai's Experience * Security of Tenure of Irregular Settlements in Visakhapatnam * Part 2: Brazil - Providing Security of Land Tenure for the Urban Poor: The Brazilian Experience * Security of Tenure in Sao Paulo * The Right to Housing and the Prevention of Forced Evictions in Brazil * Favela Bairro: A Brief Institutional Analysis of the Programme and its Land Aspects * Part 3: South Africa - Security of Urban Tenure in South Africa: Overview of Policy and Practice * Evaluating Tenure Intervention in Informal Settlements in South Africa * Why the Urban Poor Cannot Secure Tenure: South African Tenure Policy Under Pressure * Privatizing Displaced Urbanization in Greater Nelspruit * A Land Management Approach for Informal Settlements in South Africa * Part 4: Conclusions - Evaluating the Experience of Brazilian, South African and Indian Urban Tenure Programmes * The Experience of Tenure Security in Brazil, South Africa and India: What Prospects for the Future? * Index

Editorial Reviews

Land tenure is important for rural development in developing countries. In light of rapid urbanization trends in these countries, the issue of land tenure security in urban areas is equally important. In this edited volume, experts in urban land management and policy in developing countries address this topic in the context of three specific case studies: India, Brazil, and South Africa. Chapters discussing land tenure issues in these countries are organized in three separate parts. Contributors' writing style is clear and concise, and the text flows smoothly. Chapter 15 provides a comparison of how the three counties have dealt with the demands and needs of the majority of urban families living in informal settlements, while the final chapter provides an agenda for future research on this issue. This book is carefully organized such that the introductory chapter and the two concluding ones give a splendid summary of the work presented. Since little mathematical analysis or derivation is involved, this volume is accessible to a wide audience ranging from general readers and lower-division undergraduates to faculty researchers and policy makers in the area of urban land management.
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M. Q. Dao