Affordable Housing in the Urban Global South
Title | Affordable Housing in the Urban Global South PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Bredenoord |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 543 |
Release | 2014-06-05 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 131791015X |
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.
Urban Resettlements in the Global South
Title | Urban Resettlements in the Global South PDF eBook |
Author | Raffael Beier |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1000434303 |
Urban Resettlements in the Global South provides new perspectives on resettlement through an urban studies lens. To date, resettlement has been theorised through development studies and refugee studies, but urban resettlement is also a major dimension of urban development in the Global South and may help to rethink contemporary urban dynamics between spectacular new town developments and rising incidences of eviction and displacement. Conceptualising resettlement as a binding notion between production/regeneration and destruction/demolition of urban space helps to illuminate interdependencies and to underline significant ambiguities within affected people’s perspectives towards resettlement projects. This volume will offer an interesting selection of ten different case studies with rich empirical data from Latin America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, focused on each stage of resettlement (before, during, after relocation) through different timescales. By offering a frame for analysing and rethinking resettlement within urban studies, it will support any scholar or expert dealing with resettlement, displacement, and housing in an urban context, seeking to improve housing and planning policies in and for the city.
Mixed-Income Housing Development Planning Strategies and Frameworks in the Global South
Title | Mixed-Income Housing Development Planning Strategies and Frameworks in the Global South PDF eBook |
Author | George Okechukwu Onatu |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2023-12-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1837538166 |
Functioning as a toolkit for inclusive urban planning, this book acts as both a model for understanding the planning and management of this framework, and a foundation for future research.
A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South
Title | A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South PDF eBook |
Author | Sampa Chisumbe |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2024-03-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 183797036X |
A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South highlights the factors which predict urban housing development from developing countries’ perspective, providing a guide for countries in the sub-Sahara.
Confronting the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South
Title | Confronting the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South PDF eBook |
Author | Robin King (Sociologist) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 39 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Housing |
ISBN |
"Well-located, secure and affordable housing is lacking in many cities and is only projected to get worse--it is estimated that 1.6 billion people will lack adequate housing by 2025. Good housing is fundamental to physical and financial security, economic productivity, healthy communities, and human well-being. Addressing the affordable housing gap should be a priority for cities, as it offers the trifold benefits of improved economic productivity, environmental sustainability and equity for cities. The first thematic paper of WRI's flagship World Resources Report (WRR), Towards a More Equal City, describes three challenges to providing adequate, secure and affordable housing in the global south: the growth of informal settlements, prioritization of home ownership and laws that push poor out of the city. This paper offers a new approach to analyzing housing options and offers three solutions to addressing housing challenges in urban areas"--Publisher's description.
Broken Cities
Title | Broken Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Potts |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2020-04-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1786990571 |
From Britain’s ‘Generation Rent’ to Hong Kong’s notorious ‘cage homes’, societies around the world are facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions. The social consequences have been profound, with a lack of affordable housing resulting in overcrowding, homelessness, broken families and, in many countries, a sharp decline in fertility. In Broken Cities, Deborah Potts offers a provocative new perspective on the global housing crisis arguing that the problem lies mainly with demand rather than supply. Potts shows how market-set rates of pay and incomes for vast numbers of households in the world’s largest cities in the global South and North are simply too low to rent or buy any housing that is legal, planned and decent. As the influence of free market economics has increased, the situation has worsened. Potts argues that the crisis needs radical solutions. With the world becoming increasingly urbanized, this book provides a timely and urgent account of one of the most pressing social challenges of the 21st century. Exploring the effects of the housing crisis across the global North and South, Broken Cities is a warning of the greater crises to come if these issues are not addressed.
From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor
Title | From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor PDF eBook |
Author | Prof Dr Peter Herrle |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2015-10-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1472450515 |
Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework recognizing that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily be overlooked.This book brings together different perspectives on multi-scalar approaches within the housing field and on grassroots’ engagement with formal agencies including local government, higher levels of government and international agencies. By moving away from romanticizing local self-initiatives, it focuses on understanding the emerging potential once local initiatives are interlinked and scaled-up to transnational networks.