Informality revisited : Latin American perspectives on housing, the state and the market

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Informality revisited : Latin American perspectives on housing, the state and the market

edited by Clara Salazar

(The bulletin of Latin American research book series)

Wiley, 2020

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Irregular : suelo y mercado en América Latina

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Originally published by Colegio de México in 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Informality Revisited offers an overview of recent debates about Latin American government programmes for the formalisation of informal settlements and housing provision in a neo-liberal context. Contributions from Latin American researchers analyse the contradictions in government actions and evaluate the consequences for urban poverty. Brings together nine leading Latin American researchers in the field of land and housing policy to address the question of informal urban development, particularly in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru Highlights the interrelationships between the production of formal and informal urban development and demonstrates how economic and legal reforms intended to make the market more effective and profitable have affected the production of urban space Explores how Latin American governments are applying neo-liberal principles to land and housing policies Investigates the implications of government actions for the production and commodification of urban land as well as the formalisation of property rights and provision of housing for the urban poor Contributors draw on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, including census results and previously unpublished official statistics

Table of Contents

Preface: Urban Informality in Latin America in Global Perspective (Ann Varley) Introduction (Clara Salazar) 1. The Informal COMP-FUSED City: Market and Urban Structure in Latin American Metropolises (Pedro Abramo) 2. The Pending Agenda of Property Right Formalisation in Peru: Conceptual and Public Policy Aspects (Julio Calderon Cockburn) 3. The Limitations of Land and Social Housing Policies in Overcoming Social Exclusion: the Bogota Experience (Maria Mercedes Maldonado Copello) 4. Cure or Vaccinate, Two Contrasting Policies: Regularisation vs. Land Reserve in Sustainable Urban Development (Carlos H. Morales Schechinger) 5. New Procedures, Persistent Failures: Entitlement Practices in Mexico's Informal Settlements (Clara Salazar) 6. Informal Settlements in the Age of Digital Cartography: Insights from Mexico City (Priscilla Connolly) 7. Preventing 'Clouded' Titles in Previously Informal Settlements. The Administrative and Judicial Transmission of Property (Edith R. Jimenez-Huerta, Heriberto Cruz-Solis and Claudia Ubaldo-Velazquez) 8. Conclusion (Clara Salazar) Index

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  • NCID
    BB30831350
  • ISBN
    • 9781119141105
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    spa
  • Place of Publication
    Chichester
  • Pages/Volumes
    178 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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