Struggle continues for landless Brazilians
Though a moratorium on evictions has been extended in Brazil, families still face forced removals. Activists are fighting for the right to land amid increasing precarity.
Lucrative Tashkent Land Plot Sold To Relative Close To Uzbek President
A lucrative plot of Tashkent land belonging to a major Uzbek steel plant has been sold to a company close to President Shavkat Mirziyoev’s son-in-law, at a fraction of its market value, documents showed.
China’s developers bid more for land, betting supportive measures will revive property market
- The premium on parcels of land in eight major cities that completed their first round of auctions for the year was up from 2021
- Most of the winning bids in the latest auctions have come from state-owned developers
Main photo: Land in China can only be sold three times a year, according to a centralised scheme introduced by the central government in early 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE
Decoding Centre’s bid to amend Delhi’s land pooling policy
A key provision of the proposed amendment is that once the minimum threshold of 70% voluntary land pooling is achieved in a sector, it will be mandatory for the owners of the remaining 30% land to pool in their land.
main photo: Delhi’s land pooling policy is aimed at meeting its growing housing demand by providing about 17 lakh dwelling units in 95 urban villages located in the city’s urbanised extension. (Representational)
Residents of Kazakh capital score rare win against urban development
Residents of Nur-Sultan who rallied to defend a patch of designated parkland from high-rise developments have scored a victory, setting a rare example of successful urban activism in Kazakhstan’s tightly controlled civic space.
A small but determined group of activists made Nur-Sultan keep its promise.
Under Fire: Forced Evictions and Arson Displace Nairobi’s Poor
Urban displacements greatly diminish the living conditions of already desperate populations living on the brink of poverty.
On 15 November, Minoo Kyaa, a community activist from Mukuru kwa Njenga, South Nairobi, tweeted,
We keep asking each other “we unaenda wapi?” [Where are you going?] and even tho it isn’t funny we laugh about it and stare at each other in disbelief.
Why most Indians don’t trust news? A study of land conflicts answers
CSEP researchers studied 714 land conflicts in India to find that beyond being ‘influenced’ or ‘sensationalised’, there are objective reasons that decide media coverage.
Photo: Land in New Delhi. (Representational Image) | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
“The scramble for Lagos” and the urban poor’s fight for their homes
Nigeria’s smallest yet most populous state continues to destroy informal settlements in defiance of the courts.
On the night of 8 April 2017, the people of Otodo Gbame went to bed thinking they were safe. The previous year, the Governor of Lagos had promised to destroy this crowded waterfront community, but a November 2016 court ruling had forced the state government to suspend its plans.
LAND-at-scale Somalia: land governance to contribute to durable solutions for Internally Displaced People in three Somali cities
The Netherlands Enterprise and Development Agency (RVO) and the Somalia department of the Netherlands Embassy (EKN) in Kenya are pleased to announce their collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN-Habitat and the Regional Coordination Office (RCO) in Somalia in the context of the Saameynta-programme. ‘Saameynta – scaling up solutions to displacement in Somalia’ will be implemented over a period of four years (2022-2024) and the LAND-at-scale contribution amounts to 2 million euro.
African cities, COVID and climate: public knowledge on urban planning is needed
African cities are rapidly urbanising and already experiencing considerable negative impacts of urbanisation. The production of urban spaces in African cities is frequently characterised as unsustainable.
China Land Sales Remain Sluggish Even as Bidding Rules Eased
China’s cash-strapped developers have become reluctant to acquire land even as some local governments relax bidding rules, adding to signs of their liquidity crunch and threatening to deepen the nation’s economic slowdown.
Land plots auctioned in the fourth quarter through Dec. 20 only fetched an average 3% premium over their starting prices, according to data compiled by China Real Estate Information Corp. That’s down from a 17% premium in the second quarter and 8% in the third, said the research agency, which tracks auctions across 300 Chinese cities.