The Formalization of Urban Land Tenure in Developing Countries

Durand-Lasserve, Alain; Selod, Harris

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8862-9_5

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“…Based on Figure 2, the development of indicators that measure spatial justice follows its conceptualisation with consideration to the existing indicators and the connection to the three elements of tenure security, which are discussed in the reviewed literature [39,[106][107][108]. Perceived security relates to individuals' perceptions on the likelihoods of eviction or loss of their property rights, especially within informal or customary tenure systems.…”

Section: Towards Developing Indicators Which Measure the Trends In Spmentioning

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Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Uwayezu

Vries

2018

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There exist various indicators that measure land tenure security for urbanites. Most of those indicators measure the degree to which land titling promotes the security of tenure. Based on the reviewed literature, it is admitted that land titling is not a panacea to land tenure security. Measuring the degree of land tenure security should not rely only on the legalisation of landownership. This paper makes a meta-analysis and conceptual modelling to connect spatial justice and land tenure security. It discusses the potential of inclusive urban development grounded on the claim that spatial justice enhances land tenure security. A comprehensive framework of indicators which can measure the degree of land tenure security from a spatial justice lens is thereafter derived. The meta-analysis and conceptual modelling were coupled with research synthesis to perform an in-depth review and qualitative content analysis of the literature on concepts of spatial justice, land tenure security, and urban (re)development processes. This study proposes 60 indicators which measure the degree of spatial justice and land tenure security along a continuum of spatial justice and land tenure security. Those indicators provide a more holistic approach for measuring land tenure security from a spatial justice lens than the separated sets of existing indicators.

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Section: Towards Developing Indicators Which Measure the Trends In Spmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Uwayezu

Vries

2018

Land

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“…Settlements constructed without any legal basis, built on inappropriate sites or on land destined for other functions are considered as illegal. There is need for special policies to solve this problem such as reshaping human settlement legality for the poor and urban renewal through upgrading of informal settlements [6]. There are about 1.2 million households in South Africa currently living in informal settlements under very precarious conditions and this poses serious threat to the health, the safety and the security of the population.…”

Section: Journal Of Settlements and Spatial Planningmentioning

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Human Settlement Dynamics in the Bamenda III Municipality, North West Region, Cameroon

Mbanga¹

2018

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“…In fact, it seems that the poor prefer to ask for informal loans from friends and family or other informal circles (Fernandes, 2002;Calderon, 2007;Woodruff, 2001;Gilbert, 2002;Durand-Lasserve and Selod, 2007;P&DM, 2007;Ward et al, 2011;Ward, 2012).…”

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Hernando de Soto on Land Titling: Consensus and Criticism

Fontana

2016

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The proliferation of informal settlements is one of the most relevant consequences of the urbanization process that has been affecting most of the cities in the Global South. Among the different ways to cope with this issue, the regularization of informal settlements through land titling has been one of the main shared strategies that scholars and policy makers have focused on for the last twenty years. A relevant and well-known contribution concerning this issue is the one provided by the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto. Defined together, one of the best economists in the world, and the 'guru of neo-liberal populism', de Soto attracts both important endorsements and harsh criticisms for his theories. The contribution of this paper is to provide a detailed framework of de Soto main achievements, in terms of his current institutional influence and the international impact of his ideas, in contraposition with an analysis of the most relevant critiques developed against his theories.

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The Formalization of Urban Land Tenure in Developing Countries

Cited by 91 publications

References 27 publications

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Human Settlement Dynamics in the Bamenda III Municipality, North West Region, Cameroon

Hernando de Soto on Land Titling: Consensus and Criticism

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