Plotting, Squatting, Public Purpose and Politics
Land Market Development, Low Income Housing and Public Intervention in India
- 422 pages
- English
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Plotting, Squatting, Public Purpose and Politics
Land Market Development, Low Income Housing and Public Intervention in India
About this book
This title was first published in 2003. Since independence in 1947, India has undergone a phase of rapid urbanization. New planning laws have been passed, new organizations established, public policy documents and discussion papers prepared and a host of land and housing schemes have been implemented. Still, however, the vast majority of urban expansion is an unplanned process that takes the form of squatting and illegal or semi-legal land subdivision. By looking in detail at two rapidly growing cities in Andhra Pradesh (Vijayawada and Viaskhapatnam) this book explores cultural, physical-spatial, political and economic determinants of the allocation of urban land and of urban growth in India in historical context. It focuses on the interplay between the government and the organizations in charge of their implementation, and the private sector on the other. Special attention is given to the conditions of the urban poor, with the changes in their socio-economic conditions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- List of Boxes
- List of Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: objectives, background and methodology
- 2 The development of state and city politics in Andhra Pradesh (1947–1993)
- 3 Land and housing policy in India and Andhra Pradesh (1947–1993)
- 4 State and local government (administrative) structure
- 5 The research cities
- 6 Urban growth history: Land allocation across income groups (1900–1971)
- 7 Land allocation across income groups (1971–1993): an overview
- 8 Changes in the MIG-HIG land market segment (1971–1993): the private sector
- 9 Changes in the low-income segment of the market (1971–1993): the private sector
- 10 Government intervention
- 11 Conclusions
- Appendices
- References
- Glossary