Eugenie L. Birch is the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education; Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan M. Wachter is the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Professor of City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Codirector, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Shahana Chattaraj is a postdoctoral fellow in Comparative Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

"Likely to be a frequently used and often cited book, Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work provides an extraordinary array of information on a complex and highly idiosyncratic subject that existing studies treat only in a limited way." (Robert Buckley, The New School)

• PrefacePART I. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVESChapter 1. Urban Governance and Development of Informality in China and India-Arthur Acolin, Shahana Chattaraj, and Susan M. WachterChapter 2. Comparative Evidence on Urban Land-Use Regulation Bureaucracy in Developing Countries-Paavo Monkkonen and Lucas RonconiChapter 3. Urban Land Titling: Lessons from a Natural Experiment-Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto SchargrodskyPART II. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 4. The Formalization of Informal Real Estate Transactions in Rio's Favelas-Janice E. PerlmanChapter 5. Tenure Regularization Programs in Favelas in Brazil-Patricia Cezario Silva and Yvonne MautnerChapter 6. Property Markets Without Property Rights: Dharavi's Informal Real Estate Market-Shahana ChattarajChapter 7. Periurban Land Markets in the Bangalore Region-Sai BalakrishnanPART III. PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVESChapter 8. Rehousing Mumbai: Formulizing Slum Land Markets Through Redevelopment-Vinit MukhijaChapter 9. Tenure Regularization: Process and Experiences in Latin America-JosÉ BrakarzChapter 10. Making a Difference in the Predominantly Informal City-David GouverneurChapter 11. Informal Land Markets: Perspectives for Policy-Bish SanyalNotesReferencesList of ContributorsIndex

Eugenie L. Birch is the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education; Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan M. Wachter is the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Professor of City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Codirector, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Shahana Chattaraj is a postdoctoral fellow in Comparative Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

"Likely to be a frequently used and often cited book, Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work provides an extraordinary array of information on a complex and highly idiosyncratic subject that existing studies treat only in a limited way." (Robert Buckley, The New School)

• PrefacePART I. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVESChapter 1. Urban Governance and Development of Informality in China and India-Arthur Acolin, Shahana Chattaraj, and Susan M. WachterChapter 2. Comparative Evidence on Urban Land-Use Regulation Bureaucracy in Developing Countries-Paavo Monkkonen and Lucas RonconiChapter 3. Urban Land Titling: Lessons from a Natural Experiment-Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto SchargrodskyPART II. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 4. The Formalization of Informal Real Estate Transactions in Rio's Favelas-Janice E. PerlmanChapter 5. Tenure Regularization Programs in Favelas in Brazil-Patricia Cezario Silva and Yvonne MautnerChapter 6. Property Markets Without Property Rights: Dharavi's Informal Real Estate Market-Shahana ChattarajChapter 7. Periurban Land Markets in the Bangalore Region-Sai BalakrishnanPART III. PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVESChapter 8. Rehousing Mumbai: Formulizing Slum Land Markets Through Redevelopment-Vinit MukhijaChapter 9. Tenure Regularization: Process and Experiences in Latin America-JosÉ BrakarzChapter 10. Making a Difference in the Predominantly Informal City-David GouverneurChapter 11. Informal Land Markets: Perspectives for Policy-Bish SanyalNotesReferencesList of ContributorsIndex

Eugenie L. Birch is the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education; Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan M. Wachter is the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Professor of City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Codirector, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania. Shahana Chattaraj is a postdoctoral fellow in Comparative Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

"Likely to be a frequently used and often cited book, Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work provides an extraordinary array of information on a complex and highly idiosyncratic subject that existing studies treat only in a limited way." (Robert Buckley, The New School)

• PrefacePART I. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVESChapter 1. Urban Governance and Development of Informality in China and India-Arthur Acolin, Shahana Chattaraj, and Susan M. WachterChapter 2. Comparative Evidence on Urban Land-Use Regulation Bureaucracy in Developing Countries-Paavo Monkkonen and Lucas RonconiChapter 3. Urban Land Titling: Lessons from a Natural Experiment-Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto SchargrodskyPART II. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 4. The Formalization of Informal Real Estate Transactions in Rio's Favelas-Janice E. PerlmanChapter 5. Tenure Regularization Programs in Favelas in Brazil-Patricia Cezario Silva and Yvonne MautnerChapter 6. Property Markets Without Property Rights: Dharavi's Informal Real Estate Market-Shahana ChattarajChapter 7. Periurban Land Markets in the Bangalore Region-Sai BalakrishnanPART III. PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVESChapter 8. Rehousing Mumbai: Formulizing Slum Land Markets Through Redevelopment-Vinit MukhijaChapter 9. Tenure Regularization: Process and Experiences in Latin America-JosÉ BrakarzChapter 10. Making a Difference in the Predominantly Informal City-David GouverneurChapter 11. Informal Land Markets: Perspectives for Policy-Bish SanyalNotesReferencesList of ContributorsIndex