Full Description
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.
Contents
1. Introduction: 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 Fontiers 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 Neighbourhood 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?
