Varley, A;
(2019)
The titling debate: Evidence from half a century of regularising tenure in Mexico's informal settlements.
Investigaciones Geograficas
(100)
, Article e60022. 10.14350/rig.60022.
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Abstract
An extensive literature opposes the provision of property titles in informal settlements. One concern is that titling leads to commodification and the market-driven displacement of the original inhabitants. Another is that it propagates the ideology of private ownership, undermines collective solidarity and demobilises social movements. This article, based on observations from Mexico City and Guadalajara, finds little evidence of displacement but highlights the importance of location. It supports the view that formalisation undermines resistance, but argues that titling does so by meeting rather than creating the desire of the urban poor for private property and homeownership.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The titling debate: Evidence from half a century of regularising tenure in Mexico's informal settlements |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14350/rig.60022 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14350/rig.60022 |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Additional information: | Revista de Investigaciones Geográficas por Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geografía se distribuye bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Titling, property, informality, displacement, gentrification. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10092682 |
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