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1. Case Study: Informal Settlements and Rights in Conflict

   An Inquiry Case of Guryong Village Land Development in Seoul, South Korea
   Outro
   Outubro 2018
   Jongwoong Kim

   This inquiry case focuses on the complicated decision-making process of urban development in Seoul, South Korea. How can a controversial slum development project be best planned?

2. Case Study: Community Toilets and the Challenge of Urban Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya

   Outro
   Outubro 2018
   Carlos Rufín and Johann Frield

   The case focuses on the growth of community toilets in Nairobi’s sprawling informal settlements.

3. Land Lines, July 2018

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2018
   Edited by Ted Smalley Bowen and Maureen Clarke

   This issue focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean, with features on community land trusts in Rio’s favelas, transit innovations in Latin America, and Puerto Rico’s recovery efforts, with an emphasis on rebuilding for greater resilience.

4. Housing Affordability in a Global Perspective

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 2018
   Achilles Kallergis, Shlomo Angel, Yang Liu, Alejandro M. Blei, Nicolás Galarza, and Patrick Lamson-Hall

   This paper discusses housing affordability in cities the world over based on data from the Land and Housing Survey in a Global Sample of Cities. We report on the composition of the housing sector...

5. Sustainable Development

   Slums, Informal Settlements, and the Role of Land Policy
   Revista Land Lines
   Novembro 2018
   By Will Jason, November 19, 2018

   Slums and informal settlements hold a quarter of the global urban population, and they are absorbing the majority of urban growth in developing regions.

6. Strengthening Urban Resilience through Nature

   The potential of ecosystem-based measures for reduction of landslide risk in Rio de Janeiro
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2018
   Wofram Lange, Simone Sandholz, and Udo Nehren

   Ecosystem-based measures have a high potential to replace or build on engineered solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), not only in rural but also in urban...

7. El Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña

   Instrumento Notable de Regularización de Suelo en Asentamientos Informales
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2018
   Line Algoed, María E. Hernández Torrales, y Lyvia N. Rodríguez Del Valle

   El Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña se creó en 2004 en asentamientos informales aledaños a un canal estuario contaminado, en una localización...

8. Fideicomisos de suelo comunitarios en las favelas de Río

   Si se establecen fideicomisos de suelo comunitarios en asentamientos informales, ¿se podría ayudar a resolver la crisis mundial de viviendas asequibles?
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2018
   Por Theresa Williamson

   La titulación masiva de territorios ocupados de forma ilegal en Brasil podría ocasionar una ola de aburguesamiento y desalojos. Debido a esto, el esfuerzo por promover la seguridad en...

9. Community Land Trusts in Rio’s Favelas

   Could Community Land Trusts in Informal Settlements Help Solve the World’s Affordable Housing Crisis?
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2018
   By Theresa Williamson

   Mass titling of illegally occupied public land in Brazil could trigger a wave of gentrification and eviction. This adds relevance to a push to promote security of tenure in these communities.

10. Land Values, Property Rights, and Home Ownership

    Implications for Property Taxation in Peru
    Documentos de Trabalho
    Fevereiro 2018
    Zackary Hawley, Juan José Miranda, and W. Charles Sawyer

    This paper examines land values and the associated property tax implications of formal property rights, informal property rights, and squatting. Using data from the Peruvian Living Standards...