The first paper of this section
(Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban
land and the 'commodification' of shelter and
settlement has increased 'market evictions' of
families holding intermediate tide to property, although
The accumulation of decent housing matters both because of the difference it makes to living standards and because of its centrality to economic development. The consequences for living standards are far-reaching. In addition to directly conferring utility, decent housing improves health and enables children to do homework.
The great 21st-century migration into cities will present both a great challenge for humanity and a significant opportunity for global economic growth. This paper describes the diverse patterns that define this metropolitan migration.
El asentamiento Arsenio Vásquez es fruto de una ocupación masiva de familias locales de la Federación Nacional Campesina y la regularización se dio a través de un acuerdo firmado entre la organización nacional y el Estado paraguayo en 2004. Se trata de una propiedad común donde las familias locales no tienen títulos individuales, pero sí documentos que respaldan la ocupación de sus fincas.
Se trata de un caso donde 10 familias migran, ocupan y acceden, vía adjudicación estatal, a tierras incautadas al narcotráfico, con perspectivas actuales de producción familiar, agroecología y agroforestería.
El Barrio de Ykua Porâ en Chino Cue, Paraguay, es una extensa comunidad campesina generada a partir de una ocupación colectiva pionera. Unas 60 familias forman parte de la asociación de productores y productoras. La tenencia de la tierra es familiar.
The great 21st-century migration into
cities will present both a great challenge for humanity and
a significant opportunity for global economic growth. This
paper describes the diverse patterns that define this
metropolitan migration. It then lays out a framework for
The accumulation of decent housing
matters both because of the difference it makes to living
standards and because of its centrality to economic
development. The consequences for living standards are
far-reaching. In addition to directly conferring utility,
As the 21st century unfolds, the vast
nation of India faces an array of challenges, including how
to feed its burgeoning population in a situation where rural
poverty is widespread and land resources are under mounting
pressure. In such a situation it is vital that the resources
The aim of the scoping study was to gain
an understanding of the productive activities slum dwellers
engage in that rely on energy services and the potentials
and challenges of slums in Ghana regarding access to modern
energy services and income generation from productive
