Acceso al suelo para los pobres urbanos (Other Publications)

2002 mesa redonda

Editor(s): Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Publication Date: June 2004

48 pages; Inventory ID 158-1; Spanish; ISBN 1-55844-158-1

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Abstract

The Spanish version of this roundtable is out of print, but it is available for free downloading at the link above.

Cities in developing nations worldwide vividly epitomize Henry George’s concerns about progress engendering poverty because of constraints on the access to land. Latin American cities offer clear evidence that pervasive and persistent informality in land markets is both an effect of and a major contributing factor to urban poverty. The cost of being informal is often much higher than the cost of being formal, particularly when considering access to serviced land and urban amenities. Seven researchers and consultants experienced with developing and implementing land and housing policies in the third world contributed to this 2002 Chairman’s Roundtable.

Contributors: S. Angel, J. Baldó, P. Connolly, M. Cuellar, P. McAuslan, B. Sanyal, M. Serra

The English version of this book is available at http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/pub-detail.asp?id=171.

Resumen

Este informe trata principalmente de las ocupaciones informales del suelo que van convirtiéndose progresivamente en los asentamientos irregulares tan típicos de las ciudades del tercer mundo. Para los pobres urbanos, los mecanismos predominantes de acceso al suelo urbanizado no son ya las invasiones u ocupaciones ilegales de propiedad, sino más bien las transacciones de mercado informales. Siete expertos que participan activamente en el campo de las políticas de suelo y vivienda en el tercer mundo contribuyeron a esta mesa redonda realizada el 5 de noviembre de 2001.