Holding Their Ground
Subtitle: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries
Contributors: Alain Durand-Lasserve (Editor); Lauren Royston (Editor)
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781853838910
Subjects: Development studies; Land rights; Property & real estate; Real Estate - General; Land tenure; Social Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Urban poor; Sociology; Developing countries; General; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Political Science / City Planning & Urban Development; Sociology - Urban
First sentence: Urban land issues and tenure security are emerging as one of the major challenges for decision-makers, planners, professionals and researchers involved in urban management and in the implementation of new land and housing policies for the urban poor.