Description
Book SynopsisInformality 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.
Table of ContentsPreface: 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 Calderón Cockburn)
3. The Limitations of Land and Social Housing Policies in Overcoming Social Exclusion: the Bogotá Experience (María 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. Jiménez-Huerta, Heriberto Cruz-Solís and Claudia Ubaldo-Velázquez)
8. Conclusion (Clara Salazar)
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