Concessions, Contestation, and Cooperation: Indigenous and Owner Choices and Urban Development Patterns

• In Event: Governance at the Margins: Informality and Urban Politics in the Global South

Brief Overview

The spatial expansion of cities encroaches into traditional settlements historically found at the fringes. We develop and test hypotheses about how land rights shape the likelihood of different development pathways.

Authors

• Nicole E Wilson, Northwestern University

• Hakeem Bishi, Concord University