2006 Urban Land Seminar Papers

In 2006, the Urban Land Markets Programme commissioned a series of papers on different dimensions of urban land access from a range of experts in their fields. The papers were then presented at a joint seminar, with each then having a respondent commenting on the paper.

The papers, presentations and responses are available here:

• Making urban land markets work for the poor in the context of existing local land access and transfer institutions
  Author: Lauren Royston - Paper [160KB] | Presentation [49KB]. Respondent: Warren Smit - Presentation [22KB]
• Attacking urban poverty with housing: toward more effective land markets
  Author: Catherine Cross - Paper [199KB] | Presentation [138KB]. Respondent: Maurice Makhathini - Notes [24KB]
• Conceptualising 'the economy' to make urban land markets work for the poor
  Author: Colin Marx - Paper [231KB]. Respondent: Sophie Oldfield - Notes [20KB]
• Regulatory systems and making urban land markets work for the poor in South Africa
  Authors: Michael Kihato and Stephen Berrisford - Paper [261KB] | Presentation [56KB]. Respondent: Rogier van den Brink - Presentation [29KB]
• Capturing unearned value/ leakages to assist markets to work for the poor
  Author: Mercy Brown-Luthango - Paper [184KB] | Presentation [324KB]. Respondent: Nigel Tapela - Notes [52KB]
• Land use differentiation, class differentiation and the urban land market - international and SA frameworks in MMW4P perspective
  Author: Jeff McCarthy - Paper [942KB] | Presentation [808KB]. Respondent: Kecia Rust - Presentation [99KB]
• Opening up spaces for the poor in the urban form: trends, challenges and their implications for access to urban land
  Authors: Karina Landman and Nana Ntombela - Paper [259KB] | Presentation [827KB]. Respondent: Alison Todes - Presentation [14KB]
• Thoughts on developing a South African advocacy position on urban land
  Author: Sarah Charlton - Paper [316KB] | Presentation [30KB].

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