World Bank2013-03-142013-03-142005-09-13https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12714Afghanistan is one of the poorest and longest suffering countries among members of the World Bank, and has been ravaged by chronic conflict and political instability. Afghanistan's infrastructure has been destroyed or degraded; its human resource base severely depleted; and its social capital eroded. Despite existing public administration structures, the majority of state institutions are only beginning to function effectively, and the economy and society have become fragmented. The purpose of this report is to provide policy guidance to the Government on how to manage three of the most important aspects of urban land management: i) development of urban areas using contemporary techniques of planning and regulation, and ii) the regularization of tenure in informal areas and iii) land rights dispute resolution. All three issues are intertwined since the regularization of tenure depends, in part, on the capacity to resolve land rights disputes, and the implementation of a realistic and affordable urban development plan requires a stable legal framework to establish land use rights. The rectification of the three issues is a necessary but not sufficient remedy for creating well function land and housing markets, a topic beyond the scope of this report.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO LANDACCESSIBILITYAGRICULTURAL LANDALTERNATE ROUTESAPARTMENTAPARTMENT BLOCKSAPARTMENT OWNERSHIPAPARTMENTSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCARCAR ACCESSCAR PARKSCARSCASH FLOWSCITIESCIVIL LAWCLINICSCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY FACILITIESCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY SERVICESCONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION COSTSCOST OF HOUSINGCROSSINGDESCRIPTIONDEVELOPERSDISPLACED PERSONSDISTRICTSDRAINAGEDWELLINGEVICTIONFLOOR AREAFLOOR AREA RATIOFLOOR SPACEGREEN BELTHABITATHOMESHOUSEHOLDSHOUSESHOUSINGHOUSING DESIGNHOUSING MARKETHOUSING MARKETSHOUSING NEEDSHOUSING POLICIESHOUSING POLICYHOUSING PROJECTSHOUSING STOCKINCOMEINFORMAL HOUSINGINFORMAL SETTLEMENTSINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADINGINHABITANTSINTERVENTIONSLAND ADMINISTRATIONLAND DEVELOPMENTLAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONSLAND PRICESLAND TENURELAND TITLINGLAND USELAND USE PLANNINGLAND USE REGULATIONSLAND VALUELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL LEVELMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTMUNICIPAL LEVELMUNICIPALITIESMUNICIPALITYNARROW STREETSNEIGHBORHOODNEIGHBORHOODSNEW TOWNSOCCUPANCYOCCUPATIONPARKSPHYSICAL PLANNINGPOINTSPOLICEPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION GROWTHPRIVATE CONTRACTORSPRIVATE DEVELOPERSPRIVATE HOMESPRIVATE OWNERSPROPERTY OWNERSHIPPROPERTY RIGHTSPROPERTY TAXESPUBLICPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC BUILDINGSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC LANDPUBLIC PROPERTYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMREAL ESTATEREAL ESTATE PRICESREAL PROPERTYREDEVELOPMENTRENTSRESETTLEMENTRESIDENTIAL AREASRIGHT OF WAYRING ROADROAD IMPROVEMENTROAD NETWORKROAD WIDTHROADSRURAL AREASSAFETYSATELLITE TOWNSSETTLEMENTSETTLEMENT UPGRADINGSETTLERSSEWAGESHANTYTOWNSSHELTERSHOPSSLUMSSOCIAL PROBLEMSSTREETSSUBURBSTEMPORARY SHELTERSTENANCYTENTSTOWNSTRAFFICTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURESTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORT COSTSTRUCKSTRUEURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN DWELLERSURBAN GOVERNANCEURBAN GROWTHURBAN LANDURBAN LAND MANAGEMENTURBAN LAND TENUREURBAN MANAGEMENTURBAN PLANNERSURBAN PLANNINGURBAN SERVICESURBAN TRANSPORTURBANIZATIONVACANT LANDVEHICLEVEHICLESVEHICULAR TRAFFICWALKINGWALKING DISTANCEWEALTHZONINGWorld Bank10.1596/12714