Casos de estudio descriptivos
This case study considers conflicts over urban land, a problem prevalent in many densely settled environments today, and advocates for the use of the law and its mechanisms as a way to balance competing interests in land. The case study, based on two legal cases in South Africa, approaches the problem from two perspectives: an occupier of land forced out of her home through an illegal eviction and a landowner dispossessed of his property through an unlawful occupation. The overall study demonstrates how both parties approached a court of law to further their interests and how the court subsequently sought to balance these interests in resolving the respective urban land conflicts.
Recommended citation: Coggin, Thomas. 2018. “Law and the Urban Environment: Using the Law to Resolve Conflicts Over Land.” Case study. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Keywords
resolución de conflictos, vivienda, Ley de suelo, seguridad de tenencia del suelo