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List of Tables, Figures and Images;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction;
Part 1: Changing Contexts and the Role of the State in Housing Provision;
I. Housing Policies in Recent Brazil;
II. Towards a More Humane Urbanism: Low-Income Housing in Urban India;
III. The Kruschyovka Kalashnikov;
IV. (De) Embracing ‘Enabling’ Housing Strategies? Evidence from Southern Countries;
Part 2: Redevelopment of Slums;
V. Brazilian Favelas: Two Decades of Public Policies;
VI. Settlement in a ‘Smartening City’ ;
VII. Urban-Poor Housing Development in Asia: From Target Group to Negotiating Partner;
Part 3: Informal Housing and Right to the City;
VIII. The Politics of Poverty and Property in Indian Metros: The Case of Kathputli Colony in New Delhi;
IX. Approaches to Informal Settlements and Livelihood-building Processes in Durban;
X. For a Pedagogy of Co-existence in the Polis;
Part 4: Environmental Re(Configurations) of Urban Infrastructure, Housing and Livelihoods;
XI. The BRICS New Development Bank’s False Dawn: Unsustainable Urban Infrastructure Finance in South Africa;
XII. Location, Livelihoods and Environment in Contemporary Delhi;
XIII. The Role of Small Towns in Mediating Rapid Urbanisation: Insights from Northeast China;
XIV. Class and Tenancy Relations in Calcutta, 1914–1926;
Notes on Contributors;
Index