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

Author(s)
Durand, Lasserve, A. and Royston, L.
Publication language
English
Pages
6pp
Date published
01 Mar 2002
Publisher
EARTHSCAN Publications Ltd.
Type
Articles
Keywords
Poverty, Shelter and housing, Land issues, Urban

Chapter 1 from the book 'Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries' by Alain Durand-Lasserve and Lauren Royston:

"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."