Product Description: In a world of conflicting nationalist claims, mass displacements and asylum-seeking, a great many people are looking for 'home' or struggling to establish the 'nation'. These were also important preoccupations between the English and the French revolutions: a period when Britain was first at war within itself, then achieved a confident if precarious equilibrium, and finally seemed to have come once more to the edge of overthrow...read more

Product Description: Red tape is a significant stumbling block to the provision of affordable shelter to the urban poor and, indeed, slums are largely the result of inappropriate regulatory frameworks. This practice-oriented manual tackles the issue of regulatory frameworks for urban upgrading and new housing development, and how they impact on access to adequate, affordable shelter and other key livelihood assets, in particular for the urban poor...read more

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Product Description: The Urban Projects Manual addresses key issues facing professionals working in the urban sector and illustrates methods with examples. For this new edition sections have been updated, references added to Latin American cases and additional technical notes included...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book provides a comprehensive review of experience in designing and implementing a wide range of partnerships for the efficient and equitable use of urban land.Using examples from countries throughout the world and at all levels of economic development, the author looks at the achievements and limitations of formal partnerships...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Urban land markets exert a major impact upon the ability of lower income groups to obtain access to adequate shelter and services. When they do not function well, the poor suffer more than anybody else. While the importance of land issues has been widely recognized for many years, urban land tenure and property rights have not been a subject of significant academic or professional interest until relatively recently...read more