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

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Alain Durand-Lasserve Lauren Royston

Holding Their Ground

Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries

Alain Durand-Lasserve, Lauren Royston

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English

Earthscan Ltd
01 March 2002

Development studies; Urban communities; Land rights; Property & real estate; Jurisprudence & general issues; Public international law; The environment

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.

Edited by: Alain Durand-Lasserve, Lauren Royston
Imprint: Earthscan Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781853838903
ISBN 10: 185383890X
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 March 2002
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

"""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."" -- M. Q. Dao, Eastern Illinois University, in CHOICE"