Expanding the Supply and Reducing the Cost of Land for Housing in Urban Areas in Low- and Middle-Income Nations

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Expanding the Supply and Reducing the Cost of Land for Housing in Urban Areas in Low- and Middle-Income Nations

dc.contributor.author	Satterthwaite, David
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-26T15:38:25Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26T15:38:25Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	At the core of the very rapid growth in the number of urban dwellers living in illegal settlements is the gap between the cost or availability of legal land sites on which housing can be built and what most individuals or households can afford to pay for accommodation. For most cities, the problems are further exacerbated by the high spatial concentration of economic activities (and thus employment opportunities). This paper looks at the many ways in which governments can increase the supply and lower the cost of land for housing.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/9099
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9099
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	World Development Report 2009
dc.title	Expanding the Supply and Reducing the Cost of Land for Housing in Urban Areas in Low- and Middle-Income Nations	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:09:42.827017Z
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/5991
okr.topic	Conflict and Development
okr.topic	Finance
okr.topic	Governance
okr.topic	Urban Development