Is legalized land tenure necessary in slum upgrading? Learning from Rio's land tenure policies in the Favela Bairro Program

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Handzic, Kenan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affordable housing; Favela Bairro program; International development; Land tenure; Planning; Rio de Janeiro; Slum upgrading; Squatter settlements

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOUSING POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350764604     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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