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Book Mixed Income Housing Development Planning Strategies and Frameworks in the Global South

Download or read book Mixed Income Housing Development Planning Strategies and Frameworks in the Global South written by George Okechukwu Onatu and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Functioning as a toolkit for inclusive urban planning, this book acts as both a model for understanding the planning and management of this framework, and a foundation for future research.

Book A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South

Download or read book A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South written by Sampa Chisumbe and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South highlights the factors which predict urban housing development from developing countries’ perspective, providing a guide for countries in the sub-Sahara.

Book A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South

Download or read book A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South written by Sampa Chisumbe and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Neoliberal Framework for Urban Housing Development in the Global South highlights the factors which predict urban housing development from developing countries’ perspective, providing a guide for countries in the sub-Sahara.

Book Affordable Housing in the Urban Global South

Download or read book Affordable Housing in the Urban Global South written by Jan Bredenoord and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global increase in the number of slums calls for policies which improve the conditions of the urban poor, sustainably. This volume provides an extensive overview of current housing policies in Asia, Africa and Latin America and presents the facts and trends of recent housing policies. The chapters provide ideas and tools for pro-poor interventions with respect to the provision of land for housing, building materials, labour, participation and finance. The book looks at the role of the various stakeholders involved in such interventions, including national and local governments, private sector organisations, NGOs and Community-based Organisations.

Book Global Prospective and Strategies for Low cost Housing  A Review

Download or read book Global Prospective and Strategies for Low cost Housing A Review written by R. C. Nivita and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2022 in the subject Engineering - Civil Engineering, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The provided text discusses various aspects related to affordable housing, housing delivery alternatives, housing scarcity, land tenure, housing finance, urban planning, vocational and skill development in construction, real estate regulations, infrastructure development, and financing strategies. It emphasizes the need for comprehensive research and analysis to address housing challenges faced by low-income populations and marginalized communities. The text mentions the proportion of individuals residing in slums within Thailand, which is estimated to be 7%. It highlights the differences in economic prosperity and development between East Asian countries (such as China, Japan, and South Korea) and Southeast Asian countries. It also discusses the role of housing finance entities like Commercial Banks, Housing Banks, and Mortgage Institutions in different Asian countries.

Book Social Mix and the City

Download or read book Social Mix and the City written by Kathy Arthurson and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern about rising crime rates, high levels of unemployment and anti-social behaviour of youth gangs within particular urban neighbourhoods has reinvigorated public and community debate into just what makes a functional neighbourhood. The nub of the debate is whether concentrating disadvantaged people together doubly compounds their disadvantage and leads to 'problem neighbourhoods'. This debate has prompted interest by governments in Australia and internationally in 'social mix policies', to disperse the most disadvantaged members of neighbourhoods and create new communities with a blend of residents with a variety of income levels across different housing tenures (public and private rental, home ownership). What is less well acknowledged is that interest in social mix is by no means new, as the concept has informed new town planning policy in Australia, Britain and the US since the post Second World War years. Social Mix and the City offers a critical appraisal of different ways that the concept of ‘social mix’ has been constructed historically in urban planning and housing policy, including linking to 'social inclusion'. It investigates why social mix policies re-emerge as a popular policy tool at certain times. It also challenges the contemporary consensus in housing and urban planning policies that social mix is an optimum planning tool – in particular notions about middle class role modelling to integrate problematic residents into more 'acceptable' social behaviours. Importantly, it identifies whether social mix matters or has any real effect from the viewpoint of those affected by the policies – residents where policies have been implemented.

Book Developing Tomorrow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth A. DiLorenzo
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Developing Tomorrow written by Elizabeth A. DiLorenzo and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society is at a crossroads; humanity is facing a new kind of threat to our personal happiness as our cities face the real risk of losing quality public space, the heart and soul of our urban civilization. The construction of an inspiring public realm develops a sense of place that people value and are attracted to living in. Pedestrian infrastructure and public spaces have essential roles in maintaining a healthy and vibrant community. These public infrastructure attributes of mixed-use developments however tend to be the most difficult to finance. In order to build a successful project a mixed-use developer requires the skills and knowledge to understand what constitutes a quality public realm and how to incentivize the financing. An important dichotomy exists; a great public realm is only developed though a strong public private partnership, with the addition of creative financing strategies, an interdisciplinary approach, and commitment to improving public spaces in the built environment. This thesis will examine what the most important attributes of a successful public realm are, why these attributes are important, and what strategies are available to finance the public realm in the future. There are a variety of financing mechanisms available for developers to leverage, yet many mechanisms are incredibly specific, require a strong expertise, and are difficult to bundle together in order to fill the financing gap that mixed-use projects require. This thesis will categorize financing mechanisms available for mixed-use development into six main categories and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. Financing mechanisms have a direct affect on the quality of the public realm and cities need to ensure their policies are incentivizing the outcomes citizens demand: a quality public realm. More specially, this thesis will analyze a successful mixed-use development case study in Denver, CO: The South Lincoln Redevelopment. This project is a mid-century public housing site that is being transformed into a mixed-income, mixed-use, transit-oriented urban development. Denver Housing Authority, the developer, has used various financing strategies to specifically enhance the public realm of this development. Some of the financing alternatives are not available to a private developer so this thesis will propose how one could replace financing mechanisms, such as a HOPE VI grant, with other sources while maintaining a quality public realm. This thesis will focus on a few key questions. First, why does the public realm matter? Second, what determines a quality public realm for mixed-use urban developments? And lastly, how can developers begin to look at how to finance these much needed improvements?

Book Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South

Download or read book Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South written by David Satterthwaite and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban areas in the Global South now house most of the world’s urban population and are projected to house almost all its increase between now and 2030. There is a growing recognition that the scale of urban poverty has been overlooked – and that it is increasing both in numbers and in the proportion of the world’s poor population that live and work in urban areas. This is the first book to review the effectiveness of different approaches to reducing urban poverty in the Global South. It describes and discusses the different ways in which national and local governments, international agencies and civil society organizations are seeking to reduce urban poverty. Different approaches are explored, for instance; market approaches, welfare, rights-based approaches and technical/professional support. The book also considers the roles of clientelism and of social movements. Case studies illustrate different approaches and explore their effectiveness. Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South also analyses the poverty reduction strategies developed by organized low-income groups especially those living in informal settlements. It explains how they and the federations or networks they have formed have demonstrated new approaches that have challenged adverse political relations and negotiated more effective support. Local and national governments and international agencies can become far more effective at addressing urban poverty at scale by, as is proposed in this book, working with and supporting the urban poor and their organizations. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in urban development, poverty reduction, urban geography, and for practitioners and organisations working in urban development programmes in the Global South.

Book Sustainable Housing for Sustainable Cities

Download or read book Sustainable Housing for Sustainable Cities written by Oleg Golubchikov and published by Un-Habitat. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Urban Planning in the Global South

Download or read book Urban Planning in the Global South written by Richard de Satgé and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. The authors offer a Southern perspective on planning theory, explaining how the concept of conflicting rationalities complements and expands upon a theoretical tradition which still primarily speaks to global ‘Northern’ audiences. De Satgé and Watson posit that a significant change is needed in the makeup of urban planning theory and practice – requiring an understanding of the ‘conflict of rationalities’ between state planning and those struggling to survive in urban informal settlements – for social conditions to improve in the global South. Ethnography, as illustrated in the book’s case study – Langa, a township in Cape Town, South Africa – is used to arrive at this conclusion. The authors are thus able to demonstrate how power and conflict between the ambitions of state planners and shack-dwellers, attempting to survive in a resource-poor context, have permeated and shaped all state–society engagement in this planning process.

Book Desegregating the City

    Book Details:
  • Author : David P. Varady
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • Release : 2012-02-01
  • ISBN : 0791483282
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Desegregating the City written by David P. Varady and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desegregating the City takes a global, multidisciplinary look at segregation and the strengths and weaknesses of different antisegregation strategies in the United States and other developed countries. In contrast to previous works focusing exclusively on racial ghettos (products of coercion), this book also discusses ethnic enclaves (products of choice) in cities like Belfast, Toronto, Amsterdam, and New York. Since 9/11 the ghetto-enclave distinction has become blurred as crime and disorder have emanated from both European immigrant ethnic enclaves and America's ghettos. The contributors offer a variety of tools for addressing the problems of racial and income segregation, including school integration, area-based "fair share" housing requirements, place-based mixed-income housing development, and expanded demand-side residential subsidy options such as housing vouchers. By exploring these alternatives and their consequences, Desegregating the City provides the basis for a combination of flexible antisegregation strategies.

Book Housing and Human Settlements in a World of Change

Download or read book Housing and Human Settlements in a World of Change written by Astrid Ley and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge of housing is increasingly recognised in international policy discussions in connection to the processes of migration, climate change, and economic globalisation. This book addresses the challenges of housing and emerging solutions along the lines of three major dynamics: migration, climate change, and neo-liberalism. It explores the outcomes of neo-liberal »enabling« ideas, responses to extreme climate events with different housing approaches, and how the dynamics of migration reshape the urban housing provision in a changing world. The aim is to contextualise the theoretical discourses by reflecting on the case study context of the eleven papers published in this book. With forewords by Raquel Rolnik (University Sao Paulo) and Mohammed El Sioufi (UN-Habitat).

Book Sustainable Cities

Download or read book Sustainable Cities written by Mélanie Robertson and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4 Healthy, sustainable, and culturally appropriate living and working environments: Domestic pig production in Malika, Senegal5 Housing for the urban poor through informal providers, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 Socio-spatial tensions and interactions: An ethnography of the condominium housing of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 7 Partnership modalities for the management of drinking water in poor urban neighbourhoods: The example of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; 8 Rethink, reuse: Improving collective action capacity regarding solid waste management and income generation in Koh Kred, Thailand.

Book Social Housing and Urban Renewal

Download or read book Social Housing and Urban Renewal written by Paul Watt and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary urban renewal is the subject of intense academic and policy debate regarding whether it promotes social mixing and spatial justice, or instead enhances neoliberal privatization and state-led gentrification. This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban renewal in relation to social rental housing.

Book Housing Market Dynamics in Africa

Download or read book Housing Market Dynamics in Africa written by El-hadj M. Bah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book utilizes new data to thoroughly analyze the main factors currently shaping the African housing market. Some of these factors include the supply and demand for housing finance, land tenure security issues, construction cost conundrum, infrastructure provision, and low-cost housing alternatives. Through detailed analysis, the authors investigate the political economy surrounding the continent’s housing market and the constraints that behind-the-scenes policy makers need to address in their attempts to provide affordable housing for the majority in need. With Africa’s urban population growing rapidly, this study highlights how broad demographic shifts and rapid urbanization are placing enormous pressure on the limited infrastructure in many cities and stretching the economic and social fabric of municipalities to their breaking point. But beyond providing a snapshot of the present conditions of the African housing market, the book offers recommendations and actionable measures for policy makers and other stakeholders on how best to provide affordable housing and alleviate Africa’s housing deficit. This work will be of particular interest to practitioners, non-governmental organizations, private sector actors, students and researchers of economic policy, international development, and urban development.

Book Urban Poverty in the Global South

Download or read book Urban Poverty in the Global South written by Diana Mitlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is compounded by the lack of voice and influence that low income groups have in these official spheres.

Book Planning Sustainable Cities

Download or read book Planning Sustainable Cities written by United Nations Human Settlements Programme and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that traditional approaches to urban planning (particularly in developing countries) have largely failed to promote equitable, efficient and sustainable human settlements and to address twenty-first century challenges, including rapid urbanization, shrinking cities and aging, climate change and related disasters, urban sprawl and unplanned peri-urbanization, as well as urbanization of poverty and informality. It concludes that new approaches to planning can only be meaningful, and have a greater chance of succeeding, if they effectively address all of these challenges, are participatory and inclusive, as well as linked to contextual socio-political processes.--Publisher's description