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Affordable housing in the urban global south : seeking sustainable solutions / edited by Jan Bredenoord, Paul van Lindert and Peer Smets

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Routledge, c2014Description: xxvi, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415622424
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 7391 .A44 2014
Contents:
1. Introduction: Governance, Sustainability, Governance and Affordability of Low Income Housing -- Part 1: Thematic Perspectives -- 2. Policy and Politics in Urban Land Market Management: Lessons from Experience -- 3. The New Political Economy of Affordable Housing Finance and Urban Development -- 4. Backing the Self-Builders: Assisted Self-Help Housing as Sustainable Housing Provision Strategy -- 5.Resilience of Self-Built Housing to Natural Hazards -- 6. Renting a Home: The Need for a Policy Response -- 7. Housing Cooperatives in the Developing World -- 8. The Transnational Experience of Community-led Development: the Affordable Shelter Challenge -- Part 2: Asia -- 9. New Frontiers and Challenges for Affordable Housing Provision in India -- 10. How People House Themselves in the Cities of Pakistan Today -- 11. Self-Help Housing in Indonesia -- 12. Community Contracting in Neighborhood Improvement and Housing: Indonesia and Pakistan -- 13. Housing Futures: Housing for the Poor in Sri Lanka -- 14. Affordable Housing Policies in Urban China -- Part 3: Latin America 15. Affordable Housing Solutions for Low-Income Groups in Mexico and the Urban Housing Challenges of Today -- 16. Half a Century of Self-Help in Brazil -- 17. Housing Policy in Colombia -- 18. Tackling the Housing Deficit of the Poor in Peruvian Housing Policies -- 19. From Shortage Reduction to a Wellbeing Approach: Changing Paradigms in Ecuadorian Housing Policies -- 20. Self-Help Housing and Upcoming Policies for Affordable Housing in Nicaragua Part 4: Africa -- 21. Pathways towards Innovations for Self-Help Housing in Egypt -- 22. Changing Housing Policy in South Africa -- 23. Dashed Hopes? Public-Private Partnership and Sustainable Urban Low-Income Housing Delivery in Nigeria -- 24. Housing and the Urban Poor in Kenya: Opportunities for Increased Partnerships and Innovative Practices -- 25. Urban Low-Income Housing in Ghana -- 26. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?.
Summary: The global increase in the number of slums calls for policies which improve the conditions of the urban poor, sustainably. This volume provides an extensive overview of current housing policies in Asia, Africa and Latin America and presents the facts and trends of recent housing policies. The chapters provide ideas and tools for pro-poor interventions with respect to the provision of land for housing, building materials, labour, participation and finance. The book looks at the role of the various stakeholders involved in such interventions, including national and local governments, private sector organisations, NGOs and Community-based Organisations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Governance, Sustainability, Governance and Affordability of Low Income Housing -- Part 1: Thematic Perspectives -- 2. Policy and Politics in Urban Land Market Management: Lessons from Experience -- 3. The New Political Economy of Affordable Housing Finance and Urban Development -- 4. Backing the Self-Builders: Assisted Self-Help Housing as Sustainable Housing Provision Strategy -- 5.Resilience of Self-Built Housing to Natural Hazards -- 6. Renting a Home: The Need for a Policy Response -- 7. Housing Cooperatives in the Developing World -- 8. The Transnational Experience of Community-led Development: the Affordable Shelter Challenge -- Part 2: Asia -- 9. New Frontiers and Challenges for Affordable Housing Provision in India -- 10. How People House Themselves in the Cities of Pakistan Today -- 11. Self-Help Housing in Indonesia -- 12. Community Contracting in Neighborhood Improvement and Housing: Indonesia and Pakistan -- 13. Housing Futures: Housing for the Poor in Sri Lanka -- 14. Affordable Housing Policies in Urban China -- Part 3: Latin America 15. Affordable Housing Solutions for Low-Income Groups in Mexico and the Urban Housing Challenges of Today -- 16. Half a Century of Self-Help in Brazil -- 17. Housing Policy in Colombia -- 18. Tackling the Housing Deficit of the Poor in Peruvian Housing Policies -- 19. From Shortage Reduction to a Wellbeing Approach: Changing Paradigms in Ecuadorian Housing Policies -- 20. Self-Help Housing and Upcoming Policies for Affordable Housing in Nicaragua Part 4: Africa -- 21. Pathways towards Innovations for Self-Help Housing in Egypt -- 22. Changing Housing Policy in South Africa -- 23. Dashed Hopes? Public-Private Partnership and Sustainable Urban Low-Income Housing Delivery in Nigeria -- 24. Housing and the Urban Poor in Kenya: Opportunities for Increased Partnerships and Innovative Practices -- 25. Urban Low-Income Housing in Ghana -- 26. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?.

The global increase in the number of slums calls for policies which improve the conditions of the urban poor, sustainably. This volume provides an extensive overview of current housing policies in Asia, Africa and Latin America and presents the facts and trends of recent housing policies. The chapters provide ideas and tools for pro-poor interventions with respect to the provision of land for housing, building materials, labour, participation and finance. The book looks at the role of the various stakeholders involved in such interventions, including national and local governments, private sector organisations, NGOs and Community-based Organisations.

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