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dc.titleSlum Upgrading and Housing in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorMagalhães, Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorAcosta Restrepo, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorLonardoni, Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorMoris, Roberto
dc.contributor.editorMagalhães, Fernanda
dc.contributor.orgunitHousing and Urban Development Division
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2016-10-06T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2016-10-05T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe Latin American and Caribbean region has pursued a variety of policies with respect to slum upgrading and prevention, but the available literature does not provide a description of these experiences and their outcomes. This book examines the policies of three countries in the region, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, which are notable for the breadth of their policy interventions and their diversity. These three countries have taken different routes but together provide a strong representation of the panoply of choices. The policies share a common feature of emphasizing access to housing of slum residents, but de-emphasizing other key issues related to slums, including fundamental issues of urban development. While this characterization of the region's policies is well known, the design and diversity of the policies that led to these outcomes are not. A key lesson of this book is that there are many methods to upgrade slums by improving the supply of housing for the poor, including slum clearance combined with resettlement and new housing developments without slum clearance. However, by failing to address broader issues that promote the emergence of slums, they may not leave slum residents any better off than they were before.
dc.format.extent135
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006473
dc.identifier.isbn9781597822695
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Slum-Upgrading-and-Housing-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectUrban Poverty
dc.subjectHousing Policy
dc.subjectSocial Housing
dc.subjectUrban Development
dc.subjectIncome Equality
dc.subjectExtreme Poverty
dc.subjectDecentralization
dc.subjectSlum Upgrading
dc.subject.keywordsland;urban development;slums;housing;policies
idb.identifier.pubnumberCo-Publications
idb.operationBK-A1620
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