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020 _a9780812247947
082 _a333.33
_bBIR
100 _aBirch, Eugenie L. & Others Eds.
245 _aSlums : how informal real estate markets work
260 _aPhiladelphia
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
_c2016
300 _aviii,241p.
440 _aCity in the twenty-first century
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505 _aContents Preface vii PART I. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 1 Chapter 1. Urban Governance and Development of Informality in China and India -Arthur Acolin, Shahana Chattaraj, and Susan M. Wachter 4 Chapter 2. Comparative Evidence on Urban Land-Use Regulation Bureaucracy in Developing Countries -Paavo Monkkonen and Lucas Ronconi 24 Chapter 3. Urban Land Titling: Lessons from a Natural Experiment -Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky 47 PART II. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 55 Chapter 4. The Formulation of Informal Real Estate Transactions in Rio's Favelas -Janice E. Perlman 58 Chapter 5. Tenure Regularization Programs in Favelas in Brazil -Patricia Cezario Silva and Yvonne Mautner 83 Chapter 6. Property Markets Without Property Rights: Dharavi's Informal Real Estate Market -Shahana Chattaraj 94 Chapter 7. Periurban Land Markets in the Bangalore Region -Sai Balakrishnan 104 PART III. PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVES 121 Chapter 8. Rehousing Mumbai: Formulizing Slum Land Markets Through Redevelopment -Vinit Mukhija 125 Chapter 9. Tenure Regularization: Process and Experiences in Latin America -Jose Brakarz 140 Chapter 10. Making a Difference in the Predominantly Informal City 155 -David Gouverneur Chapter 11. Informal Land Markets: Perspectives for Policy -Bish Sanyal 177 Notes 195 References 207 List of Contributors 227 Index 233
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650 _aBuildings--Electric equipment
_aReal property
_aReal property--Social aspects
_aSlums--Social aspects