Communities, Land and Social Innovation: Land Taking and Land Making in an Urbanising World
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- Synopsis
- This timely and thought-provoking book examines the contemporary struggle of communities over land ownership and use rights in rapidly urbanising areas. Analysing 12 key case studies from across four continents, it demonstrates changes in land and housing tenancy systems, showing how communities have revolted against the land hunger of speculators, agrobusiness and technocratic local authorities. Contributions from an international team of researchers, policy analysts and experts explore both neoliberal urban development policies and socially innovative initiatives, discussing different modes of solidarity action and commons building to ensure both access to land and housing security. Chapters also introduce a critical governance perspective to land tenure dynamics and examine the increasingly prominent hybridisation of land use rights systems and land markets, providing a state-of-the-art reflection of the field and contributing to an agenda for future research, policy and practice. Academics studying urban and regional planning, social innovation, and commoning will find this book to be essential reading. It will also interest policy makers and civil society organisations looking for a stronger understanding of land dynamics and urbanisation in order to set up new forms of land governance.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781788973779
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781788973762
- Publisher:
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 09/23/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Asiya Sadiq
- Edited by:
- Ide Hiergens
- Edited by:
- Han Verschure
- Edited by:
- Frank Moulaert
- Edited by:
- Monica Quintana Molina
- Edited by:
- Pieter Van den Broeck
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