Making urban land markets work better in South African cities and towns: arguing the basis for access by the poor
December, 2006
South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Contemporary and historical state interventions in South African cities and towns have distorted urban land markets affecting especially the poor. Although partly underpinned by a formidable land administration system and a strong land rights base, South African cities and towns continue to manifest the historic inequality of class and race in their spatial land use and ownership patterns.