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Much of São Paulo’s urban expansion is driven by the development of informal settlements on its periphery, which includes the catchment areas that provide important environmental services such as open space and catchments for drinking water reservoirs.
The young man was scared. The city government had instructed him to count the shacks in the settlement. He arrived smartly dressed carrying a briefcase and clipboard with pen in hand and a list of the shacks. His job was to find any new shacks without the official number painted on the door.
Most developing countries have less than 30 percent cadastral coverage. This means that over 70 percent of the land in many countries is generally outside the land register.
This case study draws on research into some of the processes through which people access, hold, and trade land in poorer areas of towns and cities.
Local and Community Driven Development (LCDD) is an approach that gives control of development decisions and resources to community groups and representative local governments.
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