Affordable housing in the urban global south : seeking sustainable solutions /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Bredenoord, Jan, Lindert, P. van, Smets, Peer
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Subjects:	Housing > Developing countries. Housing policy > Developing countries. Urban poor > Developing countries. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Housing. Housing policy. Urban poor. Developing countries. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Notes on contributors; Foreword: Housing in an urban planet. Seeking the nexus housing-sustainable urbanization; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: governance, sustainability and affordability of low-income housing; Part I Thematic perspectives; Introduction to Part I; 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 a sustainable housing provision strategy5 The 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 II Asia; Introduction to Part II; 9 New frontiers and challenges for affordable housing provision in India; 10 How the poor house themselves in Pakistan today; 11 Self-help housing in Indonesia.
12 Community contracting in neighbourhood improvement and housing: Indonesia and Pakistan13 Housing futures: housing for the poor in Sri Lanka; 14 Affordable housing policies in urban China; Part III Latin America; Introduction to Part III; 15 Affordable housing for low-income groups in Mexico and urban housing challenges of today; 16 Half a century of self-help in Brazil; 17 Housing policy in Colombia; 18 Incremental housing in Peru and the role of the social housing sector; 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 NicaraguaPart IV Africa; Introduction to Part IV; 21 Pathways towards self-help housing innovations 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; Conclusion; 26 Pro-poor housing policies revisited: where do we go from here?; Index.