What tenure security? The case for a tripartite view

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-456

  van Gelder, Jean Louis ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

De facto tenure security; Housing; Perceived tenure security; Property rights; Urban informality

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TENURE SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

EID: 70449629695     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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