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1. Application of 3D Cadastres as a Land Policy Tool

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2012
   Diego Alfonso Erba

   The consolidation of a 3D cadastre, which registers how 3D parcels intersect with the corresponding legal norms and regulations, would contribute to more effective urban and environmental planning,...

2. Faculty Profile

   Ciro Biderman
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2011

   Ciro Biderman is an associate professor in the graduate and undergraduate programs in public administration and in economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo; associate researcher at...

3. Tenure Security and Housing Improvement in Buenos Aires

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2010
   Jean-Louis van Gelder

   The concept of tenure security can be viewed in three different ways: as a legal construct that often takes the form of title to property; as de facto security based on the actual situation; and as...

4. Living in Slums

   Residential Location Preferences in Santiago, Chile
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2009
   Isabel Brain, Pablo Celhay, José Joaquín Prieto, and Francisco Sabatini

   This study offers a new perspective on the location patterns and preferences of slum households. Underlying the family decision to live in a slum is an interest in increasing the probabilities of...

5. Law and Land Policy in Latin America

   Shifting Paradigms and Possibilities for Action
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2009
   Edésio Fernandes and María Mercedes Maldonado Copello

   Legal systems have contributed to informal development in two main ways—through the exclusionary land, property rights, and registration legal provisions, and through flawed planning systems...

6. Measuring Informality in Housing Settlements

   Why Bother?
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2009
   Martim O. Smolka and Ciro Biderman

   The confusing and contradictory responses by Latin America experts who participated in our survey call attention to potentially misleading policies that might be fomented by erroneous perceptions and...

7. Urban Housing Informality

   Does Building and Land Use Regulation Matter?
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2008
   Ciro Biderman, Martim Smolka, and Anna Sant’Anna

   New evidence from Brazil indicates that the regulation of land use and building standards can reinforce other factors that contribute to informal and irregular urban land occupation.

8. Housing Rural Migrants in China's Urbanizing Villages

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2007
   Yan Song

   The emergence and prevalence of urbanizing villages is an outcome of China’s rapid urbanization, the dichotomy between rural and urban policies, and specific urban land policies.

9. Report From the President

   Appreciating Density
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2007
   Gregory K. Ingram

   Population density has been identified by many analysts as a key indicator of the efficiency and sustainability of human development patterns.

10. The Challenge of Slum Formation in the Developing World

    Revista Land Lines
    Abril 2007
    Claudio Acioly Jr.

    A flourishing informal market already provides housing alternatives for both poor and middle-class families in many cities where access to land is constrained in the urban core and is held privately...