
Urban Futures
Economic growth and poverty reduction
Series: Urban Management Series
Published: 2005
Pages: 248
eBook: 9781780446325
Paperback: 9781853395994
Part 1: The Dynamics of Poverty and Urban Poverty Research
1. Understanding Urban and the Management of Change – David Satterthwaite
2. Understanding Poverty: Urban Longitudinal Research Methodology – Caroline Moser
3. Young Lives: Panel Studies and Child Poverty – Trudy Harpham, Ian Wilson, Sharon Huttly
4. Poverty and Urban Violence – Leo Thomas
Part 2: The Dynamics of Urban Systems
5. A Question of Voice: Informality and Pro-Poor Policy in Johannesburg, South Africa – Steven Friedman, Kenny Hlela and Paul Thulare
6. Begging, Requesting, Demanding, Negotiating: Moving Toward Urban Poor Partnerships in Governance – Mary Racelis
7. Migratory Flows, Poverty and Social Inclusion in Latin America – Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso, Luis Valenzuela
8. Room for Manoeuvre: Tenure and the Urban Poor in India – Sunil Kumar
9. Urban Housing and Livelihoods: Comparative Case Examples from Kenya and India – Michael Majale
10. Housing Policy and Economic Reform: A Comparative Case of Argentina and Mexico – Cecilia Zanetta
11. Land for Housing the Poor in African Cities: Are Neo-Customary Processes an Effective Alternative to Formal Systems? Alain Durand-Lasserver
12. Street Trade in Kenya: The Contribution of Research in Policy Dialogue and Response – Winnie V. Mitullah
Epilogue: The Answers We Need Now to Prepare for our Urban Futures – Shlomo Angel
About the Authors
References
Index
Nabeel Hamdi
NABEEL HAMDI, architect and teacher. Specialist in housing, shelter and settlement, slum upgrading and in participatory planning and design. Director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Planning (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University. Research Affiliate, MIT Cambridge, USA.