Global Housing Policies and Governance

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Abstract

Governmental intervention strategies in the housing sector and approaches on providing adequate housing for the poor have a long history and besides national and local authorities also other stakeholders have increasingly shaped the international debate. In this chapter, first, an overview is given about two of the main actors setting the scene for global housing policies—the World Bank and UN-Habitat. Their differing objectives as well as their ambivalent impacts are addressed. Second, from a historic perspective applied approaches and strategies for coping with slum and squatter settlements are explored. Considering their historic trajectories phases of dominant housing policies are derived as well constraints hindering a prevailing success. Finally, this chapter focuses on the concept of good governance seen as a prerequisite to realize the emerging paradigmatic approach of introducing comprehensive and participatory slum improvement policies.

Keywords

Housing policies Urban governance Participatory slum improvement 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute of GeographyUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria

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