TY - BOOK AU - Bredenoord, Jan, ed. TI - Affordable housing in the urban global south : : seeking sustainable solutions / SN - 9780415728935 U1 - 363.5561 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis KW - Housing policy -- Developing countries N1 - 1. Introduction: Sustainability, Governance and Affordability of Low Income Housing -- Part 1: Thematic Perspectives -- 2. Policy and Politics in Urban Land Market Management: Lessons from Experience -- 3. The New Political Economy of Affordable Housing Finance and Urban Development -- 4. Backing the Self-Builders: Assisted Self-Help Housing as Sustainable Housing Provision Strategy -- 5.Resilience of Self-Built Housing to Natural Hazards -- 6. Renting a Home: The Need for a Policy Response -- 7. Housing Cooperatives in the Developing World -- 8. The Transnational Experience of Community-led Development: the Affordable Shelter Challenge -- Part 2: Asia 9. New Fontiers and Challenges for Affordable Housing Provision in India -- 10. How People House Themselves in the Cities of Pakistan Today -- 11. Self-Help Housing in Indonesia-- 12. Community Contracting in Neighbourhood Improvement and Housing: Indonesia and Pakistan -- 13. Housing Futures: Housing for the Poor in Sri Lanka 14. Affordable Housing Policies in Urban China -- Part 3: Latin America -- 15. Affordable Housing Solutions for Low-Income Groups in Mexico and the Urban Housing Challenges of Today -- 16. Half a Century of Self-Help in Brazil -- 17. Housing Policy in Colombia -- 18. Tackling the Housing Deficit of the Poor in Peruvian Housing Policies -- 19. From Shortage Reduction to a Wellbeing Approach: Changing Paradigms in Ecuadorian Housing Policies -- 20. Self-Help Housing and Upcoming Policies for Affordable Housing in Nicaragua -- Part 4: Africa 21. Pathways towards Innovations for Self-Help Housing in Egypt -- 22. Changing Housing Policy in South Africa -- 23. Dashed Hopes? Public-Private Partnership and Sustainable Urban Low-Income Housing Delivery in Nigeria -- 24. Housing and the Urban Poor in Kenya: Opportunities for Increased Partnerships and Innovative Practices -- 25. Urban Low-Income Housing in Ghana 26. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? ER -