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Up one levelDealing with slums in Delhi : Clearance and « beautification » policies
This articles examines the slum policies implemented in Delhi, in relation with the objectives of cleaning and beautifying the capital. Our analysis follows a chronological presentation. The perception of slums over this half-century is repetitive. The delhi slums dwellers are now under threat of losing their right to access the city as a consequence of the intensified demolitions of their dwelling and the judicial dicta casting of the obligation of the resettling of affecting families.
Analysis of urban land production in Tchad: The case of N'Djamena
One of the problems caused by rapid urbanization in Africa in general and in particular in Chad is the one related to the production of urban land. This contribution analyses this sector using the example of N'Djamena. It appears that this production is based on laws in force and that involves a multitude of actors. However, these texts are hardly respected and the government were not keeping pace with the industry as is required. Given the urban practices, it is necessary that a reading of these texts is done in order to facilitate and simplify the procedure for the production of urban land.
Securing land property without cadastre
The following article mainly concerns the French-speaking countries to the south of Sahara desert. Nevertheless, it is not a panoramic or comparative picture of problems commonly spread in these countries, but a conceptual reflection. Some aspects could be more relevant for one country than the other, but on the other hand, it would be easy to adapt some conclusions to other countries, by adapting them as necessary. In order to deal with institutional conditions of land property at the same time as securisation, we purposefully think from a long-term perspective, which is necessary in order to understand a recurring failure of costly land reforms that were tried now for many decades. In the end of the text, a complete change of strategy is proposed along with several practical axes, but at this stage, it is done only in order to indicate the stakes and attempt to open an indispensable debate.
The Social Tenure Domain Model – Design of a First Draft Model
During the 5th FIG Regional Conference in Accra, Ghana, 8-11 March 2006, a set of requirements for the development of a Social Tenure Domain Model was presented (Augustinus et al, 2006). Based on those requirements a draft version of this Social Tenure Domain Model has been developed, the results of this development are presented in this paper. This paper will analyse if the social land tenure system requirements are really covered, if implementation of pro-poor land management, as launched by UN HABITAT is really supported, and if management of geo-information from multiple sources (for maintenance of people - land relationships) is really supported. In short, it can be concluded that most of the requirements are indeed supported and that a few aspects require additional research. In addition, attention has been given to the integration of UN HABITAT’s continuum of land rights, as well as the integration of a wide range of spatial units. The Social Tenure Domain Model is developed as a specialisation of the International Federation of Surveyors’ (FIG) Core Cadastral Domain Model, specifically for developing countries, countries with very little cadastral coverage in urban and/or rural areas, for post conflict areas, countries with large scale informal settlement and/or large scale customary areas.
