Learning from Informal Settlements in Iran Models, Policies, Processes, and Outcomes /

• Main Author: Arefi, Mahyar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Urban geography.; Ethnology-Middle East .; Architecture.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Middle Eastern Culture.; Cities, Countries, Regions.

This book explores the tenacity of Iran's informal settlements against the backdrop of the World Bank's USD 80 million loan for physical upgrading. Arefi seeks to identify and unravel the distinctive models, policies, processes, and outcomes associated with it, and explains why-despite obv...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Revisiting the Informal Settlement Phenomenon
• 3. Informal Settlements and Urban Management in Iran
• 4. The World Bank's Slum Upgrading Programs in LDCS
• 5. Five Iranian Target Cities
• 6. Empowering Slums in Iran
• 7. Data Collection
• 8. From Goals to Outcomes
• 9. The Four Failures (Challenges)
• 10. The Empowerment Paradox.