An Outcry Against Informality. The impact of land on the treatment of precarious settlements, as spaces of political competition

This paper proposes to explore the role played by the different representations of land and shows how the co-presence and competition between these different conceptions shape public action on precarious settlements.

Title: “Mixity” in Urban Policies directed towards Informal Settlement Areas in Damascus, a Concept for Public Decision?
Author: Valérie Clerc
Published by: Agence française de développement (AFD)
Date: 2016
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