Urban governance and development of informality in China and India / Arthur Acolin, Shahana Chattaraj, and Susan M. Wachter -- Comparative evidence on urban land-use regulation bureaucracy in developing countries / Paavo Monkkonen and Lucas Ronconi -- Urban land titling : lessons from a natural experiment / Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky -- The formulation of informal real estate transactions in Rio's favelas / Janice E. Perlman -- Tenure regularization programs in favelas in Brazil / Patricia Cezario Silva and Yvonne Mautner -- Property markets without property rights : Dharavi's informal real estate market / Shahana Chattaraj -- Periurban land markets in the Bangalore region / Sai Balakrishnan -- Rehousing Mumbai : formulizing slum land markets through redevelopment / Vinit Mukhija -- Tenure regularization : process and experiences in Latin America / Jose Brakarz -- Making a difference in the predominantly informal city / David Gouverneur -- Informal land markets : perspectives for policy / Bish Sanyal
Summary
Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work shows that unauthorized settlements in rapidly growing cities are not divorced from market forces; rather, they must be understood as complex environments where state policies and market actors play a role
