ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
Urban Frontiers. From Illegal Land Occupation to Legalized Property
No land, that government and developers see as future cities in the Global South, is vacant. There is no empty ‘no-man’s land.’ Individual citizens, social movements, squatters, and urban developers already engage in making their land use look legal. Urban property development in the Global South often starts out in illegality. Only subsequently does it become legal. This project explains how? Mainstream research on the Global South sees urban land in technical terms of rapid urbanization, and the challenges of providing sufficient housing, infrastructure, and service. Yet, if we fail to understand the significance of institutional transformation of urban land, we will not understand the…
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