Illegal Cities : law and urban change in developing countries. /
edited by Edésio Fernandes and Ann Varley.
- viii, 280 p. ; maps ; 23 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : List of Tables and Figures vii -- Contributors viii -- PART I An Introduction to Urban Legal Research 1 -- 1 Law , the City and Citizenship in Developing Countries : an Introduction / Edésio Fernandes and Ann Varley 3 -- 2 Urbanization , Law and Development : a Record of Research / Patrick McAuslan 18 -- PART II Case Studies 53 -- 3 Implications of Double Standards in Housing Policy : Development of Informal Settlements in Istanbul , Turkey / Ayse Yonder 55 -- 4 Land Disputes in the Absence of Ownership Rights : Insights from Jordan / Omar Razzaz 69 -- 5 Law and Urban Change in an Indian City / Amanda Perry 89 -- 6 Law and Urban Change : Illegal Settlements in the Philippines / Asteya M . Santiago 104 -- 7 Legal Pluralism in Caracas , Venezuela / Rogelio Pérez Perdomo and Teolinda Bolivar 123 -- 8 Law and Urban Change in Brazil / Edésio Fernandes and Raquel Rolnik 140 -- 9 Tenure Regularization , Private Property and Public Order in Mexico / Antonio Aquela and Emilio Duhau 157 -- 10 The Political Uses of Illegality : Evidence from Urban Mexico , Ann Varley 172 -- 11 A Tale of Two Cities : Policy , Law and Illegal Settlements in Kenya / Winnie V . Mitullah and Kivutha Kibwana 191 -- 12 Law and Urban Change in the New South Africa / Stephen Berrisford 213 -- PART III Conclusions and Future Trends 231 -- 13 Law and Urban Change in Developing Countries : Trends and Issues / Alain Durand Lasserve 233 -- 14 Law and the Future of Urban Management in the Third World Metropolis / Sérgio de Azevedo 258 -- Index 274 -- Tables and Figures : Tables -- 10 . 1 Expropriation of ejido land for tenure regularization , 1973 – 94 173 -- 10 . 2 Length of time taken by expropriations and area expropriated for CORETT , 1973 – 94 173 -- 11 . 1 Kenya : rural and urban population 1948 – 89 194 -- 11 . 2 Nairobi : estimated population and area of informal settlements 200 -- Figures : 3 . 1 Main area of gecekondu and bisseli tapu in Istanbul , Turkey , as of 1982 57 -- 7 . 1 Plot layout in the barrio of Carpintero – Valle , Caracas 130 -- 7 . 2 Cross – section of barrio of Carpintero – Valle , Caracas 131 --
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