Housing Policy in Latin American Cities

Taylor & Francis

Housing Policy in Latin American CitiesA New Generation of Strategies and Approaches for 2016 UN-HABITAT III\nAuthor(s): Peter M. Ward, Edith R. Jimnez Huerta, Mara Mercedes Di Virgilio\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138776852, 978-1138776852\nSynopsis\nAfter the 1960s, rapid urbanization in developing regions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia was marked by the expansion of low-income \""irregular\"" settlements that developed informally and which, by the 2000s, often constituted between 20-60 percent of the built-up area of metropolitan areas and other large cities. There has been a variety of research directed at the housing policies involved with these informal settlements, yet apart from the activities of Latin American Housing Network (LAHN), there has been minimal attention directed at the earliest portion of settlements that formed some 25-40 years ago that now form a large part of the intermediate ring o.