Making Common Ground

doi:10.3362/9781780445373

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Making Common Ground

Public-private partnerships in land for housing

This book provides a comprehensive review of experience in designing and implementing a wide range of partnerships for efficient and equitable use of urban land. Using examples from countries throughout the world and at all levels of economic development,

Published: 1999
Pages: 256

eBook: 9781780445373

Paperback: 9781853394799


Acknowledgements
The contributors
Foreword
Contents
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1 Introduction 1
GEOFFREY PAYNE
Background and context 1
Reasons for current interest in partnerships 3
Types of partnership 4
Issues involved in publiclprivate partnerships 8
Criteria for assessing partnerships 12
This book 13
2 Partnership approaches in India 17
UMA ADUSUMILLI
Framework of the study 17
Land compensation to the project-affected people (PAP) 19
The participatory development approach (PDS) 25
Transferable development rights (TDR) 31
Slum redevelopment through incentives 36
Conclusions 40
3 Publiclprivate partnerships in Pakistan 46
NOMAN AHMED
Evolution and development of partnerships ' 46
Partnerships in Lahore 47
Islamabad New City Project 50
Incremental housing development - the Gharo Pilot Project 5 1
Bhitaiabad in Karachi 54
The performance of partnerships in Pakistan 56
The role of participating actors in land markets 58
The impact of the partnerships 59
Conclusions 59
Recommendations 61
4 South Africa: two case studies of partnerships in the provision of land for 64
housing
DAVID DEWAR
Background 64
The issue of land 64
The political, economic and institutional stage 66
Case 1: Delft 68
Case 2: Springfield Terrace 75
South Africa since political transition 83
A way forward 88
5 Partnerships in three Egyptian cities
AHMED SOLIMAN
Background and context