The Role of Urban Land Management on the Informal Settlements

The research deals with the concept of the Informal settlements, as they are unauthorized subdivisions of lands in the urban environment that starts with a sudden invasion on the lands of others without legal capacity, for a specific group of individuals, where they reside their houses, without official permission from the owner. They are located in city centres or urban vacancies. So, the book aims to build a comprehensive theoretical framework for solving and addressing the problem of Informal settlements through the Programs and strategies of the urban land management system. The problems of the Informal settlements (security of tenure, ownership issues, increased demand for shelter, violation of the scheme of land use, basic services) are the main issues and tasks of urban land management. The research defines urban land management as the responsible authority in the urban sector that has the responsibility to solve and address obstacles that prevent achieving urban development aims, including these obstacles (informal settlements, housing, and infrastructure services).

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Zina Fouad KhalilArquitecta, ingeniera jefe en el Centro Nacional de Consultoría de Ingeniería.Licenciada en Diseño Urbano por la Universidad de Tecnología de Irak.