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Affordable housing in the urban global south : seeking sustainable solutions / edited by Jan Bredenoord, P. van Lindert and Peer Smets

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Routledge, 2014Description: 411 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415728935
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD7391 AFF
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: governance, sustainability and affordability of low-income housing / Paul van Lindert pt. I Thematic perspectives Introduction to Part I / Jan Bredenoord 2.Policy and politics in urban land market management: lessons from experience / Geoffrey Payne 3.The new political economy of affordable housing finance and urban development / David Mason 4.Backing the self-builders: assisted self-help housing as a sustainable housing provision strategy / Paul van Lindert 5.The resilience of self-built housing to natural hazards / Earl Kessler 6.Renting a home: the need for a policy response / Alan Gilbert 7.Housing cooperatives in the developing world / Sukumar Ganapati 8.The transnational experience of community-led development: the affordable shelter challenge / Diana Mitlin pt. II Asia Introduction to Part II / Paul van Lindert 9.New frontiers and challenges for affordable housing provision in India / Urmi Sengupta 10.How the poor house themselves in Pakistan today / Arif Hasan 11.Self-help housing in Indonesia / Laksmi T. Darmoyono 12.Community contracting in neighbourhood improvement and housing: Indonesia and Pakistan / Florian Steinberg 13.Housing futures: housing for the poor in Sri Lanka / M. Sohail Khan 14.Affordable housing policies in urban China / Jean-Claude Driant pt. III Latin America Introduction to Part III / Peer Smets 15.Affordable housing for low-income groups in Mexico and urban housing challenges of today / Lorena Cabrera Montiel 16.Half a century of self-help in Brazil / Camila D'Ottaviano 17.Housing policy in Colombia / Alan Gilbert 18.Incremental housing in Peru and the role of the social housing sector / Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado 19.From shortage reduction to a wellbeing approach: changing paradigms in Ecuadorian housing policies / Laura Cedres Perez 20.Self-help housing and upcoming policies for affordable housing in Nicaragua / Bart van der Meulen pt. IV Africa Introduction to Part IV / Peer Smets 21.Pathways towards self-help housing innovations in Egypt / Ahmed M. Soliman 22.Changing housing policy in South Africa / Marie Huchzermeyer 23.Dashed hopes? Public private partnership and sustainable urban low-income housing delivery in Nigeria / Uche Cosmas Ikejiofor 24.Housing and the urban poor in Kenya: opportunities for increased partnerships and innovative practices / Bob Hendriks 25.Urban low-income housing in Ghana / Katherine V. Gough Conclusion 26.Pro-poor housing policies revisited: where do we go from here? / Jan Bredenoord
Summary: 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: governance, sustainability and affordability of low-income housing / Paul van Lindert pt. I Thematic perspectives Introduction to Part I / Jan Bredenoord 2.Policy and politics in urban land market management: lessons from experience / Geoffrey Payne 3.The new political economy of affordable housing finance and urban development / David Mason 4.Backing the self-builders: assisted self-help housing as a sustainable housing provision strategy / Paul van Lindert 5.The resilience of self-built housing to natural hazards / Earl Kessler 6.Renting a home: the need for a policy response / Alan Gilbert 7.Housing cooperatives in the developing world / Sukumar Ganapati 8.The transnational experience of community-led development: the affordable shelter challenge / Diana Mitlin pt. II Asia Introduction to Part II / Paul van Lindert 9.New frontiers and challenges for affordable housing provision in India / Urmi Sengupta 10.How the poor house themselves in Pakistan today / Arif Hasan 11.Self-help housing in Indonesia / Laksmi T. Darmoyono 12.Community contracting in neighbourhood improvement and housing: Indonesia and Pakistan / Florian Steinberg 13.Housing futures: housing for the poor in Sri Lanka / M. Sohail Khan 14.Affordable housing policies in urban China / Jean-Claude Driant pt. III Latin America Introduction to Part III / Peer Smets 15.Affordable housing for low-income groups in Mexico and urban housing challenges of today / Lorena Cabrera Montiel 16.Half a century of self-help in Brazil / Camila D'Ottaviano 17.Housing policy in Colombia / Alan Gilbert 18.Incremental housing in Peru and the role of the social housing sector / Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado 19.From shortage reduction to a wellbeing approach: changing paradigms in Ecuadorian housing policies / Laura Cedres Perez 20.Self-help housing and upcoming policies for affordable housing in Nicaragua / Bart van der Meulen pt. IV Africa Introduction to Part IV / Peer Smets 21.Pathways towards self-help housing innovations in Egypt / Ahmed M. Soliman 22.Changing housing policy in South Africa / Marie Huchzermeyer 23.Dashed hopes? Public private partnership and sustainable urban low-income housing delivery in Nigeria / Uche Cosmas Ikejiofor 24.Housing and the urban poor in Kenya: opportunities for increased partnerships and innovative practices / Bob Hendriks 25.Urban low-income housing in Ghana / Katherine V. Gough Conclusion 26.Pro-poor housing policies revisited: where do we go from here? / Jan Bredenoord

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

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