Household shelter strategies in comparative perspective: Evidence from low-income groups in Bamako and La Paz

Lindert, Paul van; Westen, August Van

doi:10.1016/0305-750x(91)90122-x

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“…Where traditional systems of land allocation exist they are often losing significance or becoming commercialised themselves (see, for instance, Payne 1997: 6ff. ; van Lindert and van Westen 1991).…”

Section: Informal Land Markets: Why Do They Work?mentioning

confidence: 95%

Learning from informal markets: Innovative approaches to land and housing provision

Berner

2001

Development in Practice

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Substandard and insecure housing conditions are recognised as a crucial aspect of urban poverty. In most large cities in the developing world, the formal market serves only a minority of the population. It is estimated that between 30 and 70 per cent live in 'irregular' settlements, and that up to 85 per cent of the new housing stock is produced in an extra-legal manner, with severe social and environmental consequences. John Turner's groundbreaking work and the first Habitat conference in 1976 marked a paradigm shift towards an enabling and participatory approach to housing provision. However, little progress has been made in translating the new paradigm into practical and sustainable policies. Relocation schemes, social housing, slum upgrading, and sites and services are beset by two related problems: first, they are far too small scale to serve the growing demand and, second, products are far too expensive to be affordable for low-income groups. The paper states that the informal sector's strategy of incremental development and improvement of housing and infrastructure can be incorporated into public policies, and introduces cases from the Philippines and Pakistan as best practices in this direction.

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Section: Informal Land Markets: Why Do They Work?mentioning

confidence: 95%

Learning from informal markets: Innovative approaches to land and housing provision

Berner

2001

Development in Practice

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“…In the context of developing countries, several studies found that the propensity to expand houses or otherwise improve them depends on legal ownership of the house or land (see, for example, Oruewari & Owei, 1990;Van Lindert & Van Westen, 1991). Tipple & Owusu (1994) studied housing transformation in Kumasi.…”

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confidence: 98%

Moving or Improving: Housing Adjustment Choice in Kumasi, Ghana

Sinaï¹

2001

Housing Studies

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This paper examines housing adjustment choice of households in Kumasi, Ghana. When a household is dissatis ed with its housing, it can choose to move elsewhere, improve the current dwelling, or neither. Using data from a 596-household survey collected in 1996, logistic regressions are used to examine the determinants of this choice. Results suggest that housing satisfaction and quality, plus some household characteristics, in uence the choice of undertaking housing adjustment (including moving and improving). When a household decides to adjust, factors affecting the choice between moving and improving are housing conditions, tenure, household characteristics, and using housing for income generation through informal-sector activities.

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“…Recent studies show that informal housing is not self-helped but rather selforganized (see, among others, Rondinelli, 1990;Van Lindert and Van Westen, 1991).…”

Section: New Policy Approaches For "Informal" Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, with regard to development plans, it has been argued that shelter strategies and alternatives are not only determined by structural constraints, but by the poor themselves (Van Lindert and Van Westen, 1991). argues that community based organizations in Lima, Peru, have proved themselves in acting as mediators between the government and the people.…”

Section: New Policy Approaches For "Informal" Developmentmentioning

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Explorations into the Characteristics, the Determinants of Production, and the Impact of Land Policies on the Informal Housing Sector in Alexandria, Egypt

Araby¹

2000

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This study investigates the housing characteristics and the detenninants of housing production of the informal housing sector in Alexandria, Egypt. It also examines the impact ofland policies on the development of the informal housing sector. Informal housing, by definition, is constructed and acquired outside the legal procedure of land and building registration and without the necessary permissions and approvals. Therefore, there is a little knowledge about it, and its role in the housing market could be underestimated. The aim of this research is to enhance the factual knowledge about informal housing as a basis for future policy development.The findings of this research, based on data collected from a field study conducted in four informal settlements in Alexandria in 1991, include the following:1. Macro-economic, political, and social structures accelerated the emergence and the development of informal housing settlements, which occurred rapidly during and after times of economic and political crises. Informal settlements are heterogeneous and it is not evident that informalhousing is synonymous with marginal housing for poor people.3. Informal settlements have low levels of public utilities and infrastructure.4. Income, household size, age of household head, and tenure status of the household are the major variables that explain different patterns of housing consumption and expenditure among informal households.

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Household shelter strategies in comparative perspective: Evidence from low-income groups in Bamako and La Paz

Cited by 19 publications

References 37 publications

Learning from informal markets: Innovative approaches to land and housing provision

Learning from informal markets: Innovative approaches to land and housing provision

Moving or Improving: Housing Adjustment Choice in Kumasi, Ghana

Explorations into the Characteristics, the Determinants of Production, and the Impact of Land Policies on the Informal Housing Sector in Alexandria, Egypt

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